Quotes about determination
determination fun play
Humans test their brand new wings and invent new possibilities using new-fangled things not with grim determination, but with play. Howard Bloom
determination degrees critics
No degree of dullness can safeguard a work against the determination of critics to find it fascinating. Harold Rosenberg
determination mean self
Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy. Jalal Talabani
determination self people
The Kurdish people have the right of self-determination like every other nation in the world.
determination kind teach
Determination is kind of like rhythm: you can't teach it. Jaime Pressly
determination ambition generosity
The authority and influence of France on the world scene in the 21st century will not depend solely on its modernity and cohesion, nor even on the continuity and professionalism of its foreign policy. France will be heeded if it has a message to convey. Faced with the temptations of laissez-faire, France must stand out as the nation with the imagination and determination to pursue an ambition that combines cogency with generosity. Jacques Chirac
determination lexicon etc
A determination or an effect within a system which is no longer that of a presence but of a diffrance, a system that no longer tolerates the opposition of activity and passivity, nor that of cause and effect, or of indetermination and determination, etc., such that in designating consciousness as an effect or a determination, one continues - for strategic reasons that can be more or less lucidly deliberated and systematically calculated - to operate according to the lexicon of that which one is de-limiting. Jacques Derrida
determination heart emotional
Till your mental soil with determination. Fertilize your emotional soil with positive words. And plant the seed of your heart's desire with your disciplined efforts. Iyanla Vanzant
determination hands law
Enthusiasm is always connected with the senses, whatever be the object that excites it. The true strength of virtue is serenity of mind, combined with a deliberate and steadfast determination to execute her laws. That is the healthful condition of the moral life; on the other hand, enthusiasm, even when excited by representations of goodness, is a brilliant but feverish glow which leaves only exhaustion and languor behind. Immanuel Kant
determination communication mean
Manners or etiquette ('accessibility, affability, politeness, refinement, propriety, courtesy, and ingratiating and captivating behavior') call for no large measure of moral determination and cannot, therefore, be reckoned as virtues. Even though manners are no virtues, they are a means of developing virtue.... The more we refine the crude elements in our nature, the more we improve our humanity and the more capable it grows of feeling the driving force of virtuous principles.
determination people innovation
Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive and determination of the people who do it as it is about the product they sell. Elon Musk
determination believe self
It's a fundamental misunderstanding of human nature and of the concepts of liberty, freedom, and self-determination. It's a fundamental misunderstanding of economics. He (Obama) believes that the pie is fixed and that he needs to more equitably divide up the slices. Paul Ryan
determination winning heartache
There's a lot of heartache because you don't always win. You need loads of determination. Pat Cash
determination effort lord
O Lord, thou givest us everything, at the price of an effort. Leonardo da Vinci
determination ambition growth
Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds. Oscar Wilde
determination giving-up may
However depressed I may be I am not in the habit of giving up a project without having tried everything, even the 'impossible', to gain my end. Paul Gauguin
determination may safe
What to an outsider will be no more than the vigorous presentation of a conviction, to an employee may be the manifestation of a determination which it is not safe to thwart. Learned Hand
determination people having-patience
We are telling the American people to have patience, courage, resolve and determination. Muammar al-Gaddafi
determination attitude character
Character, self-discipline, determination, attitude and service are the substance of life. Marian Wright Edelman
determination powerful moving
Let us rise up tonight with a greater readiness. Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in these powerful days, these days of challenge to make America what it ought to be. We have an opportunity to make America a better nation. Martin Luther King, Jr.
determination sacrifice people
When people get caught up with that which is right and they are willing to sacrifice for it, there is no stopping point short of victory.
determination army special
We did not hesitate to call our movement an army. But it was a special army, with no supplies but its sincerity, no uniform but its determination, no arsenal except its faith, no currency but its conscience.
determination children men
We aren't engaged in any negative protest and in any negative arguments with anybody. We are saying that we are determined to be men. We are determined to be people. We are saying that we are God's children. And that we don't have to live like we are forced to live.
determination military war
I am convinced that it is one of the most unjust wars that has ever been fought in the history of the world. Our involvement in the war in Vietnam has torn up the Geneva Accord. It has strengthened the military-industrial complex; it has strengthened the forces of reaction in our nation. It has put us against the self-determination of a vast majority of the Vietnamese people, and put us in the position of protecting a corrupt regime that is stacked against the poor.
determination europe leader
The most puzzling development in politics during the last decade is the apparent determination of Western European leaders to re-create the Soviet Union in Western Europe. Mikhail Gorbachev
determination trying way
Whatever your determination or will power, it is foolish to try to change the nature of things. Things work the way they do because that is the way of things Miyamoto Musashi
determination prayer vow
I still held fast to my determination to become a minister; it still seemed to me that that was my duty. I had pledged myself, in my prayers I had given my word to God. How could I therefore break my vow? Pierre Loti
determination animal looks
We must look deeply. When we buy something or consume something, we may be participating in an act of killing. This precept [non-killing] reflects our determination not to kill, either directly or indirectly, and also to prevent others from killing. Nhat Hanh
determination mean meat-industry
Being vegetarian here also means that we do not consume dairy and egg products, because they are products of the meat industry. If we stop consuming, they will stop producing. Only collective awakening can create enough determination for action.
determination years play
When I started off many years ago, I made a determination that there were certain roles I didn't want to play. Joe Morton
determination impact giftedness
When it comes down to it, determination has a greater impact than giftedness. Kristin Armstrong
determination self law
I'm standing up for the right of self-determination. I'm standing up for our territory. I'm standing up for our people. I'm standing up for international law. I'm standing up for all those territories - those small territories and peoples the world over - who, if someone doesn't stand up and say to an invader 'enough, stop', would be at risk. Margaret Thatcher
determination real war
The Kosovo campaign was a just and necessary war. And I believe that Blair - of whom I have many criticisms - in this case showed real determination in conducting it.