Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

Nothing is impossible in this world. Firm determination, it is said, can move heaven and earth. Things appear far beyond one's power, because one cannot set his heart on any arduous project due to want of strong will.

Character is the ability to follow through on a resolution long after the emotion with which it was made has passed.

Dreams must be steady (Sthir). When dreams are steady, they take form of determination (Sankalp) and when you combine them hard-work, they turn into accomplishments (Siddhi)!

Whoever you are, whatever your dream, you have to be strong in your head and strong in your heart. Be strong. There's no quitting in the person who wants it bad enough.

The strength of his will was the tool of his trade.

Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

I think I was born strong-willed. That's not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is, you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do.

The battle is all over except the 'shouting' when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.

My friends, no matter how rough the road may be, we can and we will, never, never surrender to what is right.

I think that nothing is impossible when you want to fulfill a dream. A lot of people will tell you that you can't do it, that you don't have what it takes, but if it is in your heart and you feel it, there is nothing that will stop you. It is like the sun - you can't block it: it will shine regardless, if that is what you want.

'Never give in' was my mindset.

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.

What I admire most about Hillary is that she never buckles under pressure. She never takes the easy way out. And Hillary Clinton has never quit on anything in her life.

I'm pretty gritty.

I don't give in and I don't believe in giving up. This comes naturally to me, I know no other way.

I refuse to be outworked, and I consider myself to have the heart of a lion.

For my part, I will never give up, and I mean never.

You have to persevere and fortify your pertinacity until the will to good becomes a disposition to good.

There's something really empowering about going, 'Hell, I can do this! I can do this all!' That's the wonderful thing about mothers, you can because you must, and you just DO.

When I make up my mind to do a thing it stays made up.

Just put one foot in front of the other and don't worry about the length of the path. Once you get on that path, and the longer you stay on it, there eventually will come a time when you will not turn back.

True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.

Whatever it takes its fine.