determination

Staring at the can clock never influence the appointed time that God has ordained for your manifestation. Hold your peace, but don't shift focus.

A conquering force sustained the old folks and now centers us. Forming a collective of comeback saints, let us rally behind them and move forward. We__e called to a new awakening and application of what we__e learned from those who__e __ooked over Jordan.

My own father had always said the measure of a man wasn't how many times or how hard he got knocked down, but how fast he got back up.

That__ the key to walking through the Wall.... You have to first see it as not being a Wall, even though everyone you know still sees it as a Wall.

Never be afraid to offer a smile; sure the risk is that a few foolish people may misinterpret your kindness as weakness, but the reward in their error be that at least they cannot blame you because you did show your teeth.

Just imagine walking away from something you__e started. Something you really believed would be good. I don__ think i could ever do that.

tonight i was taking down a man

You can only kill disappointment with a new try.

Don__ let realism keep you from doing what you feel you need to do, even if you think it__ hopeless.

Never let those who say it can't be done obstruct you from pursuing your goals.

Without asking anybody__ advice I turned myself insane sitting under the same sun and the same clouds.

Somebody needs to be in charge! They may not always like what you__e doing, but press on!_ My late uncle, CSM, US Army (Ret) Harris L. Parker, Airborne Ranger, aka Hardcore

FLETCHER: The truth is I don__ think people understand what it is I did at Shaffer. I wasn__ there to conduct. Any idiot can move his hands and keep people in tempo. No, it__ about pushing people beyond what__ expected of them. And I believe that is a necessity. Because without it you__e depriving the world of its next Armstrong. Its next Parker. Why did Charlie Parker become Charlie Parker, Andrew? ANDREW: Because Jo Jones threw a cymbal at him.FLETCHER: Exactly. Young kid, pretty good on the sax, goes up to play his solo in a cutting session, fucks up -- and Jones comes this close to slicing his head off for it. He__ laughed off-stage. Cries himself to sleep that night. But the next morning, what does he do? He practices. And practices and practices. With one goal in mind: that he never ever be laughed off-stage again. A year later he goes back to the Reno, and he plays the best motherfucking solo the world had ever heard. Now imagine if Jones had just patted young Charlie on the head and said __ood job._ Charlie would__e said to himself, __ell, shit, I did do a good job,_ and that__ be that. No Bird. Tragedy, right? Except that__ just what people today want. The Shaffer Conservatories of the world, they want sugar. You don__ even say __utting session_ anymore, do you? No, you say __am session_. What the fuck kind of word is that? Jam session? It__ a cutting session, Andrew, this isn__ fucking Smucker__. It__ about weeding out the best from the worst so that the worst become better than the best. I mean look around you. $25 drinks, mood lighting, a little shrimp cocktail to go with your Coltrane. And people wonder why jazz is dying. Take it from me, and every Starbucks jazz album only proves my point. There are no two words more harmful in the entire English language than __ood job_.

Determination is the first step of ladder to show Efficiency.

Your dreams will never come true through some kind of magic.They will become reality only through self confidence, determination, dedication and effort

For a writer, I'm not sure that feeling of knowing you've just written something good and strong can be trumped. Not because it means I did something right. But because it proves how many wrongs I pushed through to get there.

I will not live the rest of my life in regret.

When righteous desires back up your motivation, you'll find that your inner gas tank will always have fuel to spare. Brick walls cannot stand in your way, detours cannot get you off track, and road construction will not make you turn around and head back. Your strength will surprise you, and whatever it is that your heart desires will eventually be accomplished.