Courage is a heart word. The root of the word courage is cor - the Latin word for heart. In one of… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
In fact, the answer to the question "What is mathematics?" has changed several times during the course of history... It was only… — Keith Devlin Copy Share Image
Maleness in America is not absolutely defined; it has to be kept and re-earned every day, and one essential element in the… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Never believe that the fiction writing life makes sense.... It's insanity by definition. — Jo Beverley Copy Share Image
Words command us. Names define us. Definitions bind us. Words are where we keep our sacred secrets. — Hal Duncan Copy Share Image
To think that realistic fiction is by definition superior to imaginative fiction is to think imitation is superior to invention. — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
He who is greatest among you shall be a servant. That's the new definition of greatness. ... By giving that definition of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Government is frequently and aptly classed under two descriptions-a government of force, and a government of laws; the first is the definition… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I'm sorry, could you please tell me what the definition of the word "is" is? — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
We all know how stupid the average person is. Now realize that, by definition, fifty percent of the population is dumber than… — Ivan Stang Copy Share Image
Our easiest approach to a definition of any aspect of fiction is always by considering the sort of demand it makes on… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
My favorite definition of the mindful path is the one the reveals itself as you walk down it. You cannot find the… — Kelly McGonigal Copy Share Image
What I do not like about our definitions of genius is that there is in them nothing of the day of judgment,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We find no sense in talking about something unless we specify how we measure it; a definition by the method of measuring… — Hermann Bondi Copy Share Image
Lofty talk about 'social justice' or 'fairness' boils down to greatly expanded powers for politicians, since those pretty words have no concrete… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
In dark times, the definition of good art would seem to be art that locates and applies CPR to those elements of… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Suggestion is generally better than Definition. There is a seeming dogmatism about Definition that is often repellent, while Suggestion, on the contrary,… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock Copy Share Image
I'd like to expand the definition of the word 'success' to include 'failure' as the one seems inseparable from the other. — Dov Davidoff Copy Share Image
Community is another such phenomenon. Like electricity, it is profoundly lawful. Yet there remains something about it that is inherently mysterious, miraculous,… — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward. — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
The definition of definition is at bottom just what the maxim of pragmatism expresses. — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
The clash between science and religion has not shown that religion is false and science is true. It has shown that all… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
