Defining Quotes

Defining Quote of the day

If I had only one hour to save the world, I would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem, and only five minutes finding the solution.

The stronger person is not the one making the most noise but the one who can quietly direct the conversation toward defining and solving problems.

Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.

Never let anyone define what you are capable of by using parameters that don’t apply to you.

I don'’t think there was one. I can'’t name one. Not because I had a lot of great feuds, but it would be hard to say the defining feud.

It's never been true, not anywhere at anytime, that the value of a soul, of a human spirit, is dependent on a number on a scale.

Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.

The defining factor [for success] is never resources; it’s resourcefulness.

I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.

When a defining moment comes along, you define the moment, or the moment defines you.

When I have one week to solve a seemingly impossible problem, I spend six days defining the problem. Then, the solution becomes obvious.

I knew going in that being a single parent would be one of the toughest jobs I'd ever have. I'd been a talk-show host, actor, comic, and on and on, but this gig was going to be my defining moment.

The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.

I don't like defining myself. I just am.

We all have defining moments. It is in these moments that we find our true characters. We become heroes or cowards; truth tellers or liars; we go forward or we go backward.

We all have life-defining moments. They are like open-book tests, but we don't know we have been examined until it is over.

The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence.

Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.

Encourage literally came from "in courage." The courage is put "into" you from outside. Our character and abilities grow through internalizing from others what we do not possess in ourselves.

In your life's defining moments there are two choices - you either step forward in faith and power or you step backward into fear.

Every day when a man or woman gets dressed, they are in effect defining who they are. That daily clean slate is a time in our lives when we can determine who we want to be.

I think humans are driven by othering people, by defining themselves by who they are not and who is different from them. Human beings are in love with othering.

Our concepts structure what we perceive, how we get around in the world and how we relate to other people. Our conceptual system thus plays a central role in defining our everyday realities.

Music is a defining element of character.

History isn't really about the past - settling old scores. It's about defining the present and who we are.

Philosophers have often looked for the defining feature of humans — language, rationality, culture, and so on. I'd stick with this: Man is the only animal that likes Tabasco sauce.

The spiritual life is part of the human essence. It is a defining characteristic of human nature, without which human nature is not fully human.

One is attracted to beauty. Beauty is the coordination of things, in such a way, that it is what attracts you. It's almost self-defining.

It's a weird feeling when people are defining you, and you haven't even defined yourself.

Other people and their opinions hold no power in defining our destiny.

Ending poverty and ensuring sustainability are the defining challenges of our time. Energy is central to both of them.

Instead of setting goals, seek defining moments. Those are the real tests, because you have to be willing to fail in a pressure situation in front of other people.

What exactly is mathematics? Many have tried but nobody has really succeeded in defining mathematics; it is always something else.

Somebody asked me a question. It was a defining question: 'What type of legacy do you want to leave?' We ask that question a lot later in life, but we need to start asking it to young people.

Anyone who has gumption knows what it is, and anyone who hasn’t can never know what it is. So there is no need of defining it.

Where defining foreign policy as 'ethical' went wrong was that it implied that all decisions would be exclusive in every respect of any dealings with unethical regimes.

As I have continued to make music and progress as an artist, I think I am steadily getting better at expanding my lyrical content and defining who I am as an artist.

Culture is a way of coping with the world by defining it in detail.

Santa Monica was a big song, and I always knew it would be radio friendly. But its not a defining song for me, though for a lot of people it is.

The two defining issues of this century are both universal but felt locally: the global water crisis and the resources boom.

Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being.

A campaign is about defining who you are - your vision and your opponent's vision.

I don't want to look back-I want to keep looking ahead. I'd hate for my defining moment to be my past.

Defining yourself through thought is limiting yourself.

Photography is my method for defining the confusing world that rushes constantly toward me. It is my defensive attempt to reduce our daily chaos to a set of understandable images.

The defining problem of contemporary television is trust: Can you believe what you see on television, does television treat people fairly, is it healthy for society?

Give up defining yourself - to yourself or to others. You won't die. You will come to life.

I am defining leadership in terms of the role, not the position.

Poetry is the power of defining the indefinable in terms of the unforgettable.

Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our national character as a people.