Determination
Determination is another of the important leadership traits. Determination is the desire to get the job done and includes characteristics such as initiative, persistence, dominance, and drive. People with determination are willing to assert themselves, they are proactive, and they have the capacity to persevere in the face of obstacles (Northouse, 2007, p.20).
Several well-known leaders have highlighted the importance of determination.
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Determination Quotations
Dale Carnegie: Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Thomas Jefferson: I'm a great believer in luck, and I find that the harder I work, the more I have of it.
Franklin D Roosevelt: It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
Napoléon I: A resolute determination is the truest wisdom.
Mahatma Gandhi: Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Thomas Edison: There's no substitute for hard work.
Winston Churchill: Never give in! Never give in! Never, never, never, never - in nothing great or small, large or petty. Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. |
Sirje Virkus, Tallinn University, 2009