Defining Quotes

287 quotes by 262 authors

The lacy fight was a career defining fight. — Joe Calzaghe
The spiritual life is part of the human essence. It is a defining characteristic of human nature, without which human nature is not fully human. — Abraham Maslow
For in Asia and around the world, India is not simply emerging; India has already emerged. And it is my firm belief that the relationship… — Barack Obama
Instead of setting goals, seek defining moments. Those are the real tests, because you have to be willing to fail in a pressure situation in… — Hugh Jackman
What is unusual about Earth is that language, literally, has become alive. It has infested matter. It is replicating and defining and building itself. And… — Terence McKenna
Give up defining yourself - to yourself or to others. You won't die. You will come to life. — Eckhart Tolle
Press on. Your defining moment may arrive just when you feel surrounded by adversity. — David Cottrell
Curiosity, wonder, and passion are defining qualities of imaginative minds and great teachers...Restlessness and discontent are vital things... Intense experience and suffering instruct us in… — Kay Redfield Jamison
We all have defining moments. It is in these moments that we find our true characters. We become heroes or cowards; truth tellers or liars;… — Robert Kiyosaki
All of us need a vision for our lives, and even as we work to achieve that vision, we must surrender to the power that… — Oprah Winfrey
[God] is perfect not only insofar as He is absolute perfection, defining perfection in Himself and from His singular existence and total perfection, but also… — Pope Dionysius
Other people and their opinions hold no power in defining our destiny. — Oprah Winfrey
I think one of the great disasters (in military history) is the way that the Second World War has become the defining reference point for… — Antony Beevor
Self-deception is a defining part of our human nature. By recognizing its various forms in ourselves and reflecting upon them, we may be able to… — Neel Burton
So long as we insist upon defining our identities only in terms of our work, so long as we try to blind ourselves to the… — Danielle Crittenden
Black and White is essentially an abstract way to interpret and transform what one might refer to as reality. My purpose in taking photographs over… — Roger Ballen
An institution which is financed by a budget - or which enjoys a monopoly which the customer cannot escape - is rewarded for what it… — Peter Drucker
So I am getting a little bored with defining one type of film as American and the other European or from somewhere else because the… — Wim Wenders
For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with. — Charley Pride
I think music needs to be presented in a way so that kids can grasp songs, dances, simple music that's associated with some particular defining… — Michael Tilson Thomas

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