Definition Quotes

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I don’t think success is a place or a definition, I think it’s a direction. — Unknown Author
Families hold each other in an iron grip of definition. One must break the grip, somehow. — Paula Fox
But what, precisely, is hope? At a talk I gave last spring, someone asked me to define it. I turned the question back on the… — Derrick Jensen
PiYo gives you hardcore definition, intense calorie burn, and allover strength—without weights, without jumps, and without destroying your body. — Chalene Johnson
There's no Biblical definition of contemplative prayer — Mike Bickle
It is the definition of the word 'object' which destroys all religions. — Bill Gaede
You don’t get to mis-define a thing, and then on the basis of that mis-definition, say that that thing is bad … it’s incumbent upon… — Mark Rippetoe
To call oneself a libertarian marxist today is not to look backwards but to be committed to the future. The libertarian marxist is not an… — Daniel Guerin
To me, a leader is a visionary that energizes others. This definition of leadership has two key dimensions: a) creating the vision of the future,… — Vince Lombardi
My definition of stupid is wasting your opportunity to be yourself because I think everybody has a uniqueness and everybody's good at something. — Unknown Author
We're far from having too much horsepower...my definition of too much horsepower is when all four wheels are spinning in every gear. — Mark Donohue
The true definition of madness is repeating the same action, over and over, hoping for a different result. — Albert Einstein
We shouldn't get hung up on the questions we can't answer because life, by definition, is confusing. We're never going to have all the answers.… — Nicole Williams
Ultimately, the definition of bravery is not being afraid of yourself. — Chogyam Trungpa
If I had to embrace a definition of success, it would be that success is making the best choices we can ... and accepting them. — Sheryl Sandberg
We become slaves the moment we hand the keys to the definition of reality entirely over to someone else, whether it is a business, an… — B. W. Powe
Of all human activities, apart from the procreation of children, gardening is the most optimistic and hopeful. The gardener is by definition one who plans… — Susan Hill
I think writing is, by definition, an optimistic act. — Michael Cunningham
Happiness. We're tearing our hair out to try to find a definition of it, for heaven's sake. Is it joy? People will tell you that… — FranÃ§ois Lelord
Well, I think it’s extraordinarily fun to write, and I look forward to it every day, but that doesn’t mean I think it’s easy. There’s… — David Guterson
Hip-hop is too young to put a definition on it — Saul Williams
The heart of our karate is real fighting.There can be no proof without real fighting. Without proof there is no trust. Without trust there is… — Mas Oyama
How strange that excision – female circumcision, with several languages using the same term for both kinds of mutilation – of little girls should revolt… — Michel Onfray
Obviously, I believe that to pursue the American Dream is not only futile but self-destructive because ultimately it destroys everything and everyone involved with it.… — Hubert Selby, Jr.
Every sane person has to find every day some manner of accommodating the impossible, some way of covering up for the failures of the rational… — Robert Boswell

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