Define Quotes

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Mistakes don't have to define us. They're how we learn and grow. They show us who and what we don't want to be. It's why… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Your body does not eliminate poisons by knowing their names. To try to control fear or depression or boredom by calling them names is to… — Alan Watts
The essence of oppression is that one is defined from the outside by those who define themselves as superior by criteria of their own choice. — Andrea Dworkin
Abruptly, she knew that after this night she was never going to be the same again. Nothing was ever going to be the same. Oh,… — Karen Marie Moning
Be an independent thinker at all times, and ignore anyone who attempts to define you in a limiting way. — Sherry Argov
When we define ourselves, when I define myself, the place in which I am like you and the place in which I am not like… — Audre Lorde
Peace is the fruit of love, a love that is also justice. But to grow in love requires work -- hard work. And it can… — Jean Vanier
Our instructors do not understand how it is. To be bound to someone in such a way. They are too old, too out of touch… — Erin Morgenstern
No matter how significant or life-changing your greatest hit or miss might be, neither even begins to define who you are. Each of us is… — Colin Powell
Feelings and stories of unworthiness and shame are perhaps the most binding element in the trance of fear. When we believe something is wrong with… — Tara Brach
To own a certain book - and to choose it without help - is to define yourself. — Julian Barnes
All of us carry around countless bags of dusty old knickknacks dated from childhood: collected resentments, long list of wounds of greater or lesser significance,… — Marya Hornbacher
Maybe we don't have the same definition of about what's beautiful. So define it. Define true beauty. — Justina Chen
Magic is a kind of energy. It is given shape by human thoughts and emotions, by imagination. Thoughts define that shapeâ€”and words help to define… — Jim Butcher
But who is more ignorant? The man who cannot define lightning, or the man who does not respect its awesome power? — Dan Brown
The human mind is generally far more eager to praise and dispraise than to describe and define. It wants to make every distinction a distinction… — C.S. Lewis
If we look for ways to get rid of necessary pain, we'll be disillusioned or misled. For people who define real change as the elimination… — Larry Crabb
I define love thus: The will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth. — M. Scott Peck
I am a drifter, and as lonely as that can be, it is also remarkably freeing. I will never define myself in terms of anyone… — David Levithan
And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. And sometimes lines are made to be crossed. — Kathryn Stockett

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