Mac DeMarco Quotes

It's not can you, it's will you

Knowing when to quit is probably a very important thing, but I just am not ready.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

I guess in the end, it doesn’t matter what we wanted. What matters is what we chose to do with the things we had.

There are going to be times when we can't wait for somebody. Now, you're either on the bus or off the bus. If you're on the bus, and you get left behind, then you'll find it again. If you're off the bus in the first place — then it won't make a damn.

There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.

Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.

How you looked was not important. It was what you did and how you did it. Decide to do it and then do it the best way you can.

If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it - no matter what.

Stay the course.

There's a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination.

Destiny has a lot to do with it, but so do you. You have to persevere, you have to insist.

Intentions count in your actions.

Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait.

The test of any man lies in action.

When you have a dream that you can't let go of, trust your instincts and pursue it. But remember: Real dreams take work, They take patience, and sometimes they require you to dig down very deep. Be sure you're willing to do that.

Strength of will is the test of a young man's possibilities. Can he will strong enough and hold whatever he undertakes with an iron grip?

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

I'm not a quitter. I believe in following things through.

You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers.

I never had a lot of drive, but because I had family responsibilities, I had a lot of tenacity - the tenacity of a drowning man.

Whoever said anybody has a right to give up?

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

I urge you to hold fast to your standards. I plead with you not to waver.