Famous Quotes & Sayings

Erik Erikson

Will, therefore, is the unbroken determination to exercise free choice as well as self-restraint, in spite of the unavoidable experience of shame and doubt in infancy.

Emma Goldman

There can be no freedom in the large sense of the word, no harmonious development, so long as mercenary and commercial considerations play an important part in the determination of personal conduct.

Emma Goldman

Social and economic well-being will become a reality only through the zeal, courage, the non-compromising determination of intelligent minorities, and not through the mass.

Emma Watson

I think that it is very important if you know what you want, understand where you are heading towards, and try your best to get it. It is only when we use our hearts to do it, and fall in love with what we are doing, then can we really get real determination.

John McCain

I appreciate our government's determination to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of the Bytyqi brothers, which Serbia's Interior Minister has rightly called 'an exceptionally serious crime,' and hope the Serbian government's pledge of full cooperation... is matched by a final accounting of their murder.

Ernie Grunfeld

At this time it is too early to determine a timetable for his return to action.

That's excellent news for us as she is such a determined runner and always gives her very best.

Barry Alvarez

That's a third of the game, ... And special teams determine field position.

Audie Murphy

I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done.

Bertrand Russell

There are certain things that our age needs, and certain things that it should avoid. It needs compassion and a wish that mankind should be happy; it needs the desire for knowledge and the determination to eschew pleasant myths; it needs, above all, courageous hope and the impulse to creativeness.

Benjamin Disraeli

Nothing can withstand the power of the human will if it is willing to stake its very existence to the extent of its purpose.

Eleanor Roosevelt

The trouble is that not enough people have come together with the firm determination to live the things which they say they believe.

Elbert Hubbard

The line between failure and success is so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it. How many a person has thrown up his or her hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience, would have achieved success. A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

Patrick Fitzgerald

determine the facts and then outline those facts for the American people.

Abraham Lincoln

Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.

A. J. Foyt

Determination that just won't quit -- that's what it takes.

Determination. I was just determined that I was gong to do it this time.

Neil Gaiman

Archimedes said that with a long enough lever and a solid enough place to stand, he could move the world. He could have stood in Mr Young.

As a result of our investigation, we've determined the information did not reach its destination, and is missing and presumed lost.

Frank Hadden

As a proud and passionate Scot this is the ultimate honour and one that I am determined to enjoy,

As a team, we're frustrated. We're determined at the same time, though. We're determined to stay positive. It's very easy to slump your shoulders, sink your head, (think) 'We're losing.' But we're not going to do that.

Yakov Smirnoff

As Americans after 9/11, we're much more united, together as a nation, and we got stronger, better, and more at peace. By peace, I mean the harmony you can feel in our united determination to fight these terrorists and killers.

No single test, including the new rear impact test developed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, can determine a vehicle's overall safety performance,

After further review, it was determined that it would be appropriate to grant humanitarian parole for this child.

After interviewing the passenger, it was determined to be appropriate to release him at this time.

EPA has an extensive effort underway to determine the sources of PFOA, how the public is being exposed, and whether these exposures pose a potential health risk.

Duncan's steely determination has driven us to train much harder than we have in previous years. He's our secret weapon.

Dustin is leading us and the rest of the runners are following him. He?s determined and realizing what he can do.

Bertrand Delanoe

Each experience has taught us something, and each disappointment has only served to reinforce our determination, ... We have always endeavored to improve our performance.

Each deterrent in some way results in slowing the industry's growth.

Due to illness and injuries, we ended up with just two substitutes to end the game. But our grit and determination pulled us through.

Barry McCaffrey

(Drug smuggling) has gotten immeasurably worse in the last year, and we are determined to play hardball with international drug criminals.

Europeans should be patient and try to find a formula to resolve this nuclear issue. We are determined to remove any ambiguities over our nuclear ambitions and also protect our right.