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DETERMINATION vs AVOIDANCE
DEFINITION: “Determination is staying focused and overcoming challenges to finish a goal, task or objective.”
COMPANION TRAITS: Fortitude, Perseverance, Persistence, Courage, Endurance, Adaptability, Grit
Quotes
“Make each day your masterpiece.”- John Wooden
“Will is character in action.” – William McDougall
“Replace the words, If Only, with, I Will.” – Catherine Pulsifer
“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.” – Moliere
“You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
“Determination that just won’t quit — that’s what it takes.” – A. J. Foyt
“Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”- John Wooden
“The most important thing about having goals is having one.” – Geoffrey F. Abert
“When you blame others, you give up your power to change.” – Douglas Noel Adams
“The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“I believe success is achieved by ordinary people with extraordinary determination.”- Zig Ziglar
“You are successful the moment you start moving toward a worthwhile goal.”- Charles Carlson
“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.”– Og Mandino
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” – Henry Ford
“Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.” – Horace Mann
“To all the positions, I just bring the determination to win. Me being an unselfish player, I think that can carry on to my teammates. When you have one of the best players on the court being unselfish, I think that transfers to the other players.”- LeBron James
“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.” -Vince Lombardi
“The difference between men is in energy, in the strong will, in the settled purpose and in the invincible determination.” -Vince Lombardi
“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” – Og Mandino
“Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.” – Dan Gable
“The American Dream is still alive out there, and hard work will get you there. You don’t necessarily need to have an Ivy League education or to have millions of dollars startup money. It can be done with an idea, hard work and determination.” -Bill Rancic
“With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I’m going to press on for equality. I’m going to press on for the sake of our children. I’m going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I am going to press on.” – Barack Obama
“We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.” – Jesse Owens
“If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.” – Les Brown
“A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.”- Colin Powell
“Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you.”
– Denis Waitley
“I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.” -Wilma Rudolph
“America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” -Harry S Truman
“You’ve done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination.”- Ralph Marston
“An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.” -Thomas Fuller
“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination.” -Tommy Lasorda
“I’ve always found that anything worth achieving will always have obstacles in the way and you’ve got to have that drive and determination to overcome those obstacles on route to whatever it is that you want to accomplish.” – Chuck Norris
“A great book begins with an idea; a great life, with a determination.” -Louis L’Amour
“The American Dream is simple: it’s the unwavering belief that anybody – you, me, your friends, your neighbors, grandma Verna – can become exceedingly successful, and all it takes is the right amount of work, ingenuity, and determination.”- Mark Manson
“It’s all about your determination, I think, as much as anything. There are a lot of people with talent, but it’s that determination.” -Judy Blume
“Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.” -George A. Sheehan
“A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.”- Christian Nestell Bovee
“Determination Over Negativity is a belief that anything is possible no matter who you are or where you come from.” -Donovan Mitchell
“Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.” -Zig Ziglar
“Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.” -Charles Simmons
Videos
Famous Determination Quotes for Kids, Students -Determination motivational video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC4A8Su3yDA PBIS “Determination” | Jeremy Anderson | School Speaker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kVurcPjdAchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuCAYqyFMg8 What is determination?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YrfcaPFSZc DETERMINATION – Wilma Rudolph | Motivational Video | Best Inspirational Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYZJvauL5tUSongs
Itsy Bitsy Spider Song for Kids About Determination! Nursery Rhymes: I Love to Learn with PlayKids:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCGRNWGAyYQ
Determination Song | Steam Team Sing Alongs | Thomas & Friends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvGExrh80ZA
Determination Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atyU-790Iig
School Song – Determination: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-zp0bwAMfE
Do The Best You Can song: Social skills for school success K-3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aA3mqdHGeg
Lessons
Lesson Plans on determination
www.education.com/lesson-plan/determination/
Character Education determination worksheets
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Browse/Search:character%20education%20determination
At the height of the Great Depression, the showman of a renowned circus discovers a man without limbs being exploited at a carnival sideshow, but after an intriguing encounter with the showman he becomes driven to hope against everything he has ever believed.
NOTE: After viewing the video have students google Nick Vujicic to hear of the real-life story of this amazing individual & his determination.
Books
Childrens: https://www.the-best-childrens-books.org/teaching-determination.html
Adult:
Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board
by Bethany Hamilton, Eleni Pappageorge
Bethany Hamilton (She Dared)
by Jenni L. Walsh
Bethany Hamilton: Riding the Waves (Heroes for Young Readers)
by Renee Taft Meloche and Bryan Pollard
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman
by Kathleen Krull and David Diaz
Wilma Rudolph (On My Own Biography)
by Victoria Sherrow and Larry Johnson
Wilma Rudolph: Track and Field Champion (Remarkable Lives Revealed)
by Adrianna Morganelli
Wilma Rudolph (Little People, BIG DREAMS (27)
by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Amelia Flower
Wilma Rudolph: Olympic Runner (Childhood of Famous Americans)
by Jo Harper and Meryl Henderson
A Wrestling Life: The Inspiring Stories of Dan Gable
by Dan Gable, Scott Schulte
Website links for more info
Stories for discussion:
Hard-work-pays-off-for-determined-teen-who-took-the-bus-to-graduation-wearing-cap-and-gown https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/hard-work-pays-off-for-determined-teen-who-took-the-bus-to-graduation-wearing-cap-and-gown/#.XoPp3zb5AJw.email
Millionaire helps boy studying under street lamp https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bahrain-millionaire-helps-boy-studying-under-street-lamp/#.XoP4XWPoOk0.email
Determined Mom Saves Daughter https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/girl-given-months-to-live-is-saved-thanks-to-determined-mom-emailing-130-doctors-for-help/#.XoP8eF1xvT0.email
Third-grader born without hands adds another national award for penmanship to her trophy case https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/3rd-grader-born-without-hands-adds-another-national-award-for-penmanship-to-her-trophy-case/#.XoPyMBxqLso.email
Wilma — The story of American track sprinter Wilma Rudolph, who overcame physical handicaps to win three gold medals in the 1960 Olympics.
Rent from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Wilma-Jason-Bernard/dp/B00DAAL51U/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Wilma+Rudolph&qid=1585755338&sr=8-3
Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable – the continuing story from shark attack survivor to fearless athlete, mother and UNSTOPPABLE force, a story of relentless strength & beauty.
Rent from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Bethany-Hamilton-Unstoppable/dp/B07YNBWMPL/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Bethany+Hamilton&qid=1585756601&sr=8-2
Harvest Time Partners Foundation – free character building resources
