Dictate Quotes

287 Dictate quotes by 251 unique authors

We are all affected by our pasts, but it is within our power not to let what we have done to dictate what we will… — P. C. Cast
I’m asking the questions tonight.” One day I was going to write a book: How to Dictate to a Dictator and Evade an Evader, subtitled… — Karen Marie Moning
Don't let your life outside of school dictate your future. — Simone Elkeles
And once we reach the city, my stylist will dictate my look for the opening ceremonies tonight anyway. I just hope I get one who… — Suzanne Collins
Whenever I allow anything but tenderness and compassion to dictate my response to life--be it self-righteous anger, moralizing, defensiveness, the pressing need to change others...I… — Brennan Manning
Words have a magical power. They can bring either the greatest happiness or deepest despair; they can transfer knowledge from teacher to student; words enable… — Sigmund Freud
Desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions. — Dallin H. Oaks
Dancing? You, Poppy?" Marianne shook her head slowly. I never thought..." Rose looked concerned. She even felt Poppy's head for fever, but Poppy shook her… — Jessica Day George
Slow down. Stop trying to do everything now, now, now. Hold up the people behind you for all you care, feel them kicking at your… — Cecelia Ahern
I speak and speak,” Marco says, “but the listener retains only the words he is expecting. The description of the world to which you lend… — Italo Calvino
Where you are born should not dictate your potential as a human being. — Romeo Dallaire
Never say never, dear. You might be surprised at what you can do, should circumstances dictate — Ellen Hopkins
There comes a time when the body takes over the life. There comes a time when the body’s urges, the body’s needs, dictate the life.… — David Levithan
...for the first time in my life, a voice went off in my head:'You have no power over what happens in your life. Drugs dictate… — Anthony Kiedis
I cannot make myself believe that God wanted me to hate. I'm tired of violence, I've seen too much of it. I've seen such hate… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Vision beyond your resources? Don't let fear dictate your decisions. If your vision is God-given, it will most definitely be beyond your ability and beyond… — Mark Batterson
When it comes to your career, you must always try and allow the positive aspects of your character to dictate what happens to you. Be… — Russell Brand
Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps most precious is courage from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one's actions. — Aung San Suu Kyi
Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the… — Abraham Lincoln
To me, a critic is some loser who has no idea... someone with an opinion. We all have opinions. No offense, but what makes them… — Vanilla Ice
Weight gain can happen at any point in time, and it is something that you are dealing with anyway, and it is OK. It is… — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Workflow and usability are not afterthoughts; they impact the core of any project and dictate how it should be engineered. — Ryan Holmes
Conservative talkers love to throw numbers around: their ratings and their audience size. And to be sure, they have a sizable audience which numbers in… — John Ridley
Like the marriage contract you entered into, your divorce is a legal transaction. Treat it that way. Try not to let emotion, hurt, fear or… — Laura Wasser
There is no free speech in football. Information is parsed by monosyllabic head coaches, who dictate who gets to speak to whom and when. — Jane Leavy

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