Define Us Quotes

55 quotes by 53 authors

The preservation of our national security and the laws that define us as the United States of America demand that we understand the intersection of… — John O. Brennan
The more I look around and listen I realize that I'm not alone. We are all facing choices that define us. No choice. However messy… — Sabrina Ward Harrison
The lesson, I suppose, is that none of us have much control over how we will be remembered. Every life is an amalgam, and it… — Alice McDermott
Our children will be born of our actions. Our accidents will become their destinies. Oh, the actions will remain. It is a simple matter of… — Zadie Smith
There is a great good in returning to a landscape that has had extraordinary meaning in one's life. It happens that we return to such… — N. Scott Momaday
It's not our mistakes that define us. It's the lessons we learn that show our true character. — Cassia Leo
We realize--often quite suddenly--that our sense of self, which has been formed and constructed out of our ideas, beliefs and images, is not really who… — Adyashanti
Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness. — R. J. Palacio
Four years ago, I was thinkingâ€¦ no Olympics, who am I? Probably in â€™04, I was identified with gymnastics. I thought gymnastics was who I… — Raj Bhavsar
Laughter is the evidence that we're still here, the proof that our tragedies will not define us forever. Laughter is the language of the survivor. — Josh James
We have needed to define ourselves by reclaiming the words that define us. They have used language as weapons. When we open ourselves to what… — Selma James
Sometimes the moments that challenge us the most, define us. — Deena Kastor
Kinder the enemy who must malign us Than the smug friend who will define us — Anna Wickham
No. The universe has to move forward. Pain and loss, they define us as much as happiness or love. Whether it's a world, or a… — Elisabeth Sladen
The passions we cannot control are the ones that define us. — Simon Van Booy
It's not the failures in our life that define us, it's the moments when we decide that getting back up is all that matters — Joel Brown
It often seems, looking back, that the unexpected comes to define us, the paths we didn't see coming and may have wandered down by mistake.… — Anna Quindlen
Words command us. Names define us. Definitions bind us. Words are where we keep our sacred secrets. — Hal Duncan
Memories no matter how small or inconsequential are the pages that define us. — Sarah Winman
The first step on the journey of faith is to recognize that everything is moving onward to something else, inside us and outside... We see… — Sharon Salzberg

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