So many stories are determined before they start.

I'm determined not to start dressing like I'm 45 years old now that I'm a mum.

— Abbey Clancy

Those of us with this ancient compulsion to tell stories sometimes start with a single kernel of something.

— Edward P. Jones

I've always been competitive and determined. It's part of my personality.

— Ellie Simmonds

Your success will be determined by the quality of your relationships with people.

— Danielle LaPorte

Further conceive, I beg, that a stone, while continuing in motion, should be capable of thinking and knowing, that it is endeavoring, as far…

— Anonymous

How could a readiness for war in time of peace be safely prohibited, unless we could prohibit, in like manner, the preparations and establishments…

— James Madison

The more we sense...our ultimate potential, the more determined we become to achieve it. It's the difference between your mother hounding you to practice…

— Sheri L. Dew

The laws of thermodynamics, as empirically determined, express the approximate and probable behavior of systems of a great number of particles, or, more precisely,…

— J. Willard Gibbs

Early experience shapes the structure and function of the brain. This reveals the fundamental way in which gene expression is determined by experience.

— Daniel J. Siegel

If a Coach is determined to stay in the coaching profession, he will develop from year to year. This much is true, no coach…

— Adolph Rupp

Always remember, there is more strength in you than you ever realized or even imagined. Certainly nothing can keep you down if you are…

— Norman Vincent Peale

I was determined to be an actor and make a name in the industry, and hence, I did.

— Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Ignorance is not bliss — it is oblivion. Determined ignorance is the hastiest kind of oblivion.

— Philip Wylie

If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you.

— Anonymous

Human beings have an innate inner drive to be autonomous, self-determined, and connected to one another. And when that drive is liberated, people achieve…

— Daniel H. Pink