Determined Quotes

1429 Determined quotes by 1093 unique authors

That the boat did not upset I simply state as a fact. Why it did not upset I am unable to offer any reason. I… — Jerome K. Jerome
I am determined to control events, not be controlled by them. — John Adams
Above all, mine is a love story. Unlike most love stories, this one involves chance, gravity, a dash of head trauma. It began with a… — Gabrielle Zevin
Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
She gives him what he can only call a sweet smile. 'So you are determined to go on being bad. Mad, bad, and dangerous to… — J M Coetzee
But complex animals had obtained their adaptive flexibility at some cost--they had traded one dependency for another. It was no longer necessary to change their… — Michael Crichton
We laughed and laughed, together and separately, out loud and silently, we were determined to ignore whatever needed to be ignored, to build a new… — Jonathan Safran Foer
I am determined to practice deep listening. I am determined to practice loving speech. — Nhat Hanh
There is nothing more majestic than the determined courage of individuals willing to suffer and sacrifice for their freedom and dignity. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
When everyone is determined to present someone as a monster, there are two possibilities: either he’s a saint or they themselves are not telling the… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insect, as… — Albert Einstein
Such is the cost of immortality. No person is whole. No person is free. Over time, some have determined that the only way to live… — Alan Lightman
The true value of man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by his sincere exertion to get to… — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Man no longer lives in the beginning--he has lost the beginning. Now he finds he is in the middle, knowing neither the end nor the… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The problem is whether we are determined to go in the direction of compassion or not. If we are, then can we reduce the suffering… — Nhat Hanh
Sitting there with them, it was almost hard to remember when I first came to Perkins, so determined to remember to be a one-woman operation… — Sarah Dessen
How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by… — Tom Robbins
His lips slid over her ear. "My mind shares yours. If you're determined to go through with this, then know whatever this takes you, you… — Christine Feehan
Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . . .… — Thomas Jefferson
You're sure your new roommate won't be like the last one who wore tinfoil socks and had a tendency to occasionally urinate in the refrigerator.… — Patrick Rothfuss
Isn't it true that whatever isn't determined by our genes must be determined by our environment? What else is there? There's Nature and there's Nurture.… — Daniel Dennett
It's not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something. — Leo Buscaglia
Further conceive, I beg, that a stone, while continuing in motion, should be capable of thinking and knowing, that it is endeavoring, as far as… — Baruch Spinoza
Youthfulness is not determined by age. It is determined by one's life force. One who possesses hope is forever young. One who continually advances is… — Daisaku Ikeda
The only way love can last a lifetime is if it's unconditional. The truth is this: love is not determined by the one being loved… — Stephen Kendrick

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