Pastoral Resources

At the core of life is a hard purposefulness, a determination to live.

Salvation is from our side a choice, from the divine side it is a seizing upon, an apprehending, a conquest by the Most High God. Our 'accepting' and 'willing' are reactions rather than actions. The right of determination must always remain with God.

Don't tell me what you believe in. I'll observe how you behave and I will make my own determination.

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you.

The secret of happiness is the determination to be happy always, rather than wait for outer circumstances to make one happy.

Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.

Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context.

I have willpower and determination. I am very resilient, like rock.

But with the right kind of coaching and determination you can accomplish anything and the biggest accomplishment that I feel I got from the film was overcoming that fear.

Of course it was Mamma who both stopped my career and crystallized my determination to resume it.

When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable.