Determined Quotes · Page 73

[The labor movement is] a movement of the working people, for the working people, by the working people, governed by ourselves, with…

— Samuel Gompers

I shifted in my chair as Dad waited for a response. He seemed determined, his resolve unwavering. This would take tact. Prudence.…

— Darynda Jones

[We should be] determined... to sever ourselves from the union we so much value rather than give up the rights of self-government...…

— Thomas Jefferson

How one handles success or failure is determined by their early childhood.

— Harold Ramis

To Epictetus, all external events are determined by fate, and are thus beyond our control, but we can accept whatever happens calmly…

— Epictetus

If materialism is true, it seems to me that we cannot know that it is true. If my opinions are the result…

— John B. S. Haldane

There is a determined though unseen bravery that defends itself foot by foot in the darkness against the fatal invasions of necessity…

— Victor Hugo

I have determined that there is no market for talking pictures

— Thomas A. Edison

Extraordinary results are directly determined by how narrow you can make your focus.

— Gary W. Keller

It's not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something.

— Leo Buscaglia

Somebody close to me once said, 'Oh, no man will ever accept your children.' And I just thought it was the most…

— Reese Witherspoon

Nancy Reagan sort of downplayed that, you know - but she was quite successful. At the time she married Ronald Reagan, I…

— Cynthia Nixon

Ever since I saw the moon landing as a young teenager, I was determined I would go into space one day.

— Richard Branson

During the last economic slowdown in the 1990s, the Tories slashed infrastructure investment. I am determined not to make that mistake.

— Geoff Hoon

Sometimes it can seem that history is turning in a wide arc, toward an unknown shore. Yet the destination of history is…

— George W. Bush

I've talked to law enforcement officials at the state and local level who say that violence against women is going up. In…

— Patricia Ireland

The end of man (as a factual anthropological limit) is announced to thought from the vantage of the end of man (as…

— Jacques Derrida

“You can choose to disrespect me but I will not give you permission to hurt my spirit.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

That there needed neither art nor science for going to GOD, but only a heart resolutely determined to apply itself to nothing…

— Brother Lawrence

Adventure is a path...Real adventure - self-determined , self-motivated, often risky - forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world.

— Mark Jenkins

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

— Calvin Coolidge

Gunsmoke' had been a successful radio show for many years before and I was determined to go with it on TV.

— Amanda Blake

The prejudice is still there, but it's breaking down. You have writers like Michael Chabon and The Yiddish Policemen's Union. He's a…

— George R. R. Martin

Good sex is an all-day affair. You can't treat your wife like a servant and expect her to be eager to sleep…

— Kevin Leman

I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or rat in a trap. I…

— Ida B. Wells