Said historian Foster: "knowing what I know about Roosevelt, that never happened". Kaiser's energy and determination drove men half his age into the ground, but many of them stayed nonetheless, some for careers that lasted 40 or 50 years.
John F. Stacks of Time magazine said of Nixon shortly after his death, "An outsize energy and determination drove him on to recover and rebuild after every self-created disaster that he faced.
But a potent combination of desperation and determination drove her forward, and after a time that was impossible to gauge, she reached a low outcrop of rocks and rolled behind them.
Athleticism and determination drive Bradley.
But how? Clark talks a lot about the determination, drive and persistence of the Starbucks Corporation.
As well as a talent for self-promotion and a taste for high living, Mallya showed acumen, determination, drive and considerable appetite for risk.
If sport has taught us one thing, though, it is that determination, drive and commitment will win out in the end.
She had the determination, drive, and education that all tech companies look for.
I was pleasantly surprised by the list they came up with – determination, drive, loyalty, independence, adaptive, resiliency, proactive, willingness.
Determination, drive, tenacity or persistence is the most important variable, demonstrated by Mark through his: relentless coding early on to launch Facebook to catch the Winklevoss brothers off guard; adding colleges; attacking MySpace; defending against the subsequent lawsuit from the twins; repeated encroaching into people's privacy (which remains one of Mark's Achilles heels).
Seeing my "support" system, you can imagine the relentless determination, drive and sacrifice it took to earn my bachelors degree -- two, in fact.
