When you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning…

Futility is the defining characteristic of life.

— Stephen R. Donaldson

“The defining characteristic of the organism is striving.”

— Paul Kalanithi

The ability of humans to read meaning into patterns is the most defining characteristic we have.

— Eleanor Catton

“I also remember defining myself by the people and the things that I hated rather than what I liked, thinking that it was cooler…

— Hank Green

Mortality defines the human condition.

— Drew Gilpin Faust

Our modern world-view tragically misperceives and wrongly defines what it is to be human. We are conditioned by our society to believe happiness comes…

— Jacob Needleman

“Our history defines us as human beings. We talk about living in the present and leaving the past behind; we see ourselves severing ties…

— Justin Hopson

“The ability to focus attnetion on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence."---Irrational Exuberance”

— Robert J. Shiller

For a bird, especially for the more musically inventive, song is the defining characteristic, the primary way by which it knows itself and is…

— John Burnside

“To my mind the defining characteristic of our era is spin, everything tailored to vanishing point by market research, brands and bands manufactured to…

— Tana French

Good Morning,remember though sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere sometimes in the middle of nowhere you find yourself.

— Dearlisa

“Waking in the morning, I had to remember grief all over again. It was sunny, a white winter sun, and that made me sad.”

— Olivia Sudjic

Good morning! Remember you only get 1 mom, 1 dad, 1 God and 1 life...cherish them while you can.

— Anonymous

Who wants to wake up in the morning and have to remember that they've got to face Adrien Broner?

— Adrien Broner

“Sometimes you wake up, and there's a little voice inside your head that tells you that today is a special day. For a lot…

— Jim Butcher