Famous Quotes & Sayings

There are lost people out there that will never be accounted for, ... But we can determine if they're here or not.

There comes a time when you need to sweep (doubleheaders) in order to get into the state tournament. This stretch of games will probably determine if we go to the state tournament or not.

When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter.

Steve Lawrence

We're trying to determine what the problem is. Everything will be done from the outside.

We're trying to determine if we get better results with these eggs than with salmon reared in a hatchery.

We're trying to determine if it was a homicide.

We're trying to determine exactly what happened, how it happened and when it happened,

Wayne Pacelle

We think the felony penalty will deter people from trying to go to a cockfight,

This yoga should be practiced with firm determination and perseverance, without any mental reservation or doubts.

Those who really seek the path to Enlightenment dictate terms to their mind. Then they proceed with strong determination.

We are working to determine which signatures were fraudulently obtained.

We conducted a feasibility study, and it was determined that a new hospital would be far too costly.

We have given them leads. They'll have to determine if those people are viable suspects. That's a determination for the police, not this family.

George Bernard Shaw

When I was young I observed that nine out of every ten things I did were failures, so I did ten times more work

Jean Todt

We will go into this season with a great motivation, great humility and also a great determination to get back to the top. We have the team, we have the means and we have the drivers, so there is no excuse not to return to where we were, and this will be our aim.

Jim Fowler

We will dissect the lake for them, then let them fish the following weekend to determine how much the juniors learned,

We would not try to use monetary policy to fix or to determine the shape of the yield curve. That would not be appropriate, nor could that be conducted I think,

Kurt Vonnegut

Perhaps some people really are born unhappy. I surely hope not. Speaking for my sister and myself: We were born with the capacity and determination to be utterly happy all the time. Perhaps even in this we were freaks. Hi ho.

David Gerrold

Morality—like velocity—is relative. The determination of it depends on what the objects around you are doing. All one can do is measure one's position in relation to them; never can one measure one's velocity or morality in terms of absolutes.

David Blunkett

Reciprocity helps us balance the need for self-determination and creative individuality with mutual hope and, therefore, what might be described as 'solidarity.'

David A. Bednar

Remember that becoming people of integrity and honesty is not simply a matter of more personal determination, more grit, and more willpower; rather, it is accomplished through the enabling power of the Atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ.

D. W. Griffith

Being a film director involves, above all, a lot of hard work and resolve and determination. The glamour doesn't come until the premiere and the thing is all long done.

Daisaku Ikeda

Anyone who has ever made a resolution discovers that the strength of their determination fades with time. The important thing is not that your resolve never wavers, but that you don't get down on yourself when it does and throw in the towel.

Daisaku Ikeda

Anyone who has ever made a resolution discovers that the strength of that determination fades in time. The moment you feel that is when you should make a fresh determination. Tell yourself, “OK! I will start again from now!” If you fall down seven times, get up an eighth. Don’t give up when you feel discouraged-jus t pick yourself up and renew your determination each time.

Daisaku Ikeda

When you devote yourself to achieving your goal, you will not be bothered by shallow criticism. Nothing important can be accomplished if you allow yourself to be swayed by some trifling matter, always looking over your shoulder and wondering what others are saying or thinking. The key to achievement is to move forward along your chosen path with firm determination.

Daisaku Ikeda

The determination to win is the better part of winning.

Daisaku Ikeda

In life when we feel we have reached a limit, that is when the true battle begins. Just when you despair and think it is impossible to go any further, will you become apathetic, or will you say it's not over and stand up with an unyielding spirit? The battle is decided by this single determination.

Condoleezza Rice

Prejudice and bigotry are brought down...by the sheer force of determination of individuals to succeed and the refusal of a human being to let prejudice define the parameters of the possible.

Claude M. Bristol

It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance and sweeps away all obstacles.

Claude Monet

It goes without saying that I will do anything at any price to pull myself out of a situation like this [rejection] so that I can start work immediately on my next Salon picture and ensure that such a thing should not happen again.

Claude Monet

I'm working hard with more determination than ever. My success at the Salon led to my selling several paintings and since your absence I have made 800 francs; I hope, when I have contracts with more dealers, it will be better still.

Daphne du Maurier

here was a silence between them for a moment, and she wondered if all women, when in love, were torn between two impulses, a longing to throw modesty and reserve to the winds and confess everything, and an equal determination to conceal the love forever, to be cool, aloof, utterly detached, to die rather than admit a thing so personal, so intimate.

Iris Apfel

I go out in New York, and I think, boy, you can look at someone and pretty much determine their zip code. Everyone seems to want to conform. I wonder, are they all just button-pressers, on the Internet all day long? I don't know.