Definition Quotes

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The presidency does not yield to definition. Like the glory of a morning sunrise, it can be experienced. — Calvin Coolidge
To see with the eyes of another, to hear with the ears of another, to feel with the heart of another. For the time being,… — Alfred Adler
Mastery is an elusive concept. You never know when you achieve it absolutely and it may not help you to feel you've attained it. We… — Twyla Tharp
There is no such thing as real happiness in life. The justest definition that was ever given of it was "a tranquil acquiescence under an… — Laurence Sterne
Can you remember when you didn't want to sleep? Isn't it inconceivable? I guess the definition of adulthood is that you want to sleep. — Paula Poundstone
We do not choose to be born.We do not--most of us, choose to die, or the times or conditions of our death. But within all… — Joseph Epstein
Knowledge pursued for its own sake - that's the definition of education, as opposed to training. — Jane Haddam
Action painting has to do with self-creation or self-definition or self-transcendence; but this dissociates it from self-expression, which assumes the acceptance of the ego as… — Hannah Arendt
Definition of inertia: 'The vis insita, or innate force of matter, is a power of resisting by which every body, as much as in it… — Isaac Newton
The denial of suffering is, in fact a better definition of illness than its acceptance. — M. Scott Peck
E.P. Whipple calls fanaticism "religion caricatured," which is a full definition in a word. — James Parton
The twenty first century will require a re-affirmation and re-definition of our alliances and international organisations. — Chuck Hagel
Shedding the carapace we have been building so assiduously on the surface, we must by definition give up exactly what we thought was necessary to… — David Whyte
A plan is only a scenario, and almost by definition, it is optimistic... As a result, scenario planning can lead to a serious underestimate of… — Daniel Kahneman
We need a universally accepted definition of reserves reporting. — Fatih Birol
What is at the center of your life? Carefully examine where you spend your attention, your time. Look at your appointment book, your daily scheduleÂ….… — Wayne Muller
I am bound by my own definition of criticism : a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in… — Matthew Arnold
Let me give you a definition in brief. Your endowment is, to receive all those ordinances in the house of the Lord, which are necessary… — Brigham Young
There is an old saying, The harder you try the luckier you get. I kind of like that definition of luck. — Gerald R. Ford
Home is the definition of God. — Emily Dickinson
I think most newspapermen by definition have to be liberal; if they're not liberal, by definition of it, then they can hardly be good newspapermen.… — Walter Cronkite
I think that being liberal, in the true sense, is being nondoctrinaire, nondogmatic, noncomitted to a cause but examining each case on its merits. Being… — Walter Cronkite
Not one of all the purple host Who took the flag to-day Can tell the definition So clear of victory, As he, defeated, dying, On… — Emily Dickinson
There is no final stage in nirvana. Nirvana is beyond definition. It is not quantifiable. — Frederick Lenz
It is a trite but true definition that examples work more forcibly on the mind than precepts. — Henry Fielding

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