Determinism Quotes

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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little. — Epicurus
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental… — Thomas Jefferson
During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk. — Soren Kierkegaard
The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But... the… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will. — Jawaharlal Nehru
The eyes of the cheerful and of the melancholy man are fixed upon the same creation; but very different are the aspects which it bears… — Albert Pike
Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth. — Eleanor Roosevelt
A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants. — Arthur Schopenhauer
For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up,… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest. — Henry David Thoreau
All this twaddle, the existence of God, atheism, determinism, liberation, societies, death, etc., are pieces of a chess game called language, and they are amusing… — Marcel Duchamp
I don't think literature would be possible in a determined world. We might go through the motions but the heart would be out of it.… — Flannery O'Connor
every man is free to rise as far as he's able or willing, but the degree to which he thinks determines the degree to which… — Ayn Rand
A man's dignity isn't measured by the people he has around him when he's at the peak of his success, but by his ability not… — Paulo Coelho
Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself. — James Allen
There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice. — Ulysses S. Grant
Life calls the tune, we dance. — John Galsworthy

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