Defined Quotes

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Feminism's agenda is basic: it asks that women not be forced to "choose" between public justice and private happiness. It asks that women be free… — Susan Faludi
An act cannot be defined by the end sought by the actor, for an identical system of behaviour may be adjustable to too many different… — Emile Durkheim
Someone once defined humor as a way to keep from killing yourself. I keep my sense of humor and I stay alive. — Abe Burrows
When reading about what may be described as the lesser celebrated heroic figures of the Harlem Renaissance, we rarely get a definitive look at just… — Aberjhani
The perfection of joyful determination is defined as taking delight or feeling joy in doing something positive or virtuous. If you are very joyful about… — Geshe Gyeltsen
We are United States Marines, and for two and a quarter centuries we have defined the standards of courage, esprit, and military prowess. — James L. Jones
Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we… — Stephen Covey
In conclusion it may be said that sin may be defined as lack of conformity to the moral law of God, either in act, disposition,… — Louis Berkhof
Sin may then be defined ultimately as anything in the creature which does not express, or which is contrary to, the holy character of the… — J. Oliver Buswell
Greatness is defined by someone who is not simply awesome and wonderful in the sport they compete in but goes beyond that and is great… — Marion Jones
Leisure may be defined as free activity, labor as compulsory activity. Leisure does what it likes, labor does what it must, the compulsion being that… — George Bernard Shaw
The character truest to itself becomes eccentric rather than immovably centered, as Emerson defined the noble character of the hero. At the edge, the certainty… — James Hillman
Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.... A man full of faith is simply one who has… — H. L. Mencken
There is no well defined boundary line between honesty and dishonesty. The frontiers of one blend with the outside limits of the other, and he… — O. Henry
Never yet has a God been defined in terms which were not palpably self-contradictory and absurd; never yet has a God been described so that… — Annie Besant
Henry James once defined life as that predicament which precedes death, and certainly nobody owes you a debt of honor or gratitude for getting him… — Clarence Budington Kelland
Success in life could be defined as the continued expansion of happiness and the progressive realization of worthy goals. — Deepak Chopra
Man may be defined as the animal that can say ''I,'' that can be aware of himself as a separate entity. — Erich Fromm
Courage is not defined by those who fought and did not fall, but by those who fought, fell and rose again. — Adrienne Rich
It is impossible to devise an experiment without a preconceived idea; devising an experiment, we said, is putting a question; we never conceive a question… — Claude Bernard

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