Definition Quotes
Beware of your definition of success: If it has more to do with what other people think of you than it does with what you know of your own abilities, you may be confusing applause with achievement.
Like navigation markings in unknown waters, definitions of poverty need to be distinctive and unambiguous. A definition that is not precise is as bad as no definition at all.
A major gap between many of the denominations stems from how people define some of the most basic terms, such as 'religion' itself.
Choose to be pro-active, assertive and self-defining.
Nothing, she now knew, could be defined in exclusion, and every bug, pencil, and grass blade was a dictionary in itself, requiring the definitions of all things to fulfill its own.
Social media is the empowerment of the individual at the expense of the system.
It always seems as though the definition of love will remain debatable by an opinionated world.
NIHILIST, n. A Russian who denies the existence of anything but Tolstoi. The leader of the school is Tolstoi.
If you think that running your economy into the ground and having to send troops in in order to prop up your only ally is leadership, then we've got a different definition of leadership.
Most of us find it difficult to accept a definition of love that says we are never loved in a context where there is abuse.
My favorite definition of success is that it is a state of mind combined with a state of readiness. You can have one and be a flop; if you have both, you'll win every time.
I'm just thrilled and kind of honored that I still get the chance to do what I love, because that really is the definition of success.
Either well succeed, or we wont succeed. And the definition of success as I described is sectarian violence down. Success is not no violence.
By any sane definition of success, if you wake up in a pool of blood and nobody has shot you, you are not successful.
With high definition TV, everything looks bigger and wider. Kind of like going to your 25th high school reunion.
Over time, I have come to this simple definition of leadership: Leadership is getting results in a way that inspires trust.
If I had to embrace a definition of success, it would be that success is making the best choices we can ... and accepting them.
The definition of success to me is not necessarily a price tag, not fame, but having a good life, and being able to say I did the right thing at the end of the day.
Happy to me is not what I thought happy was. Happy is actually better, because it includes room for sadness. A definition of success must leave room for failure, because it's part of it.
My definition of happiness is having something to do what you love to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to.
I suppose, I said, it is one definition of love, the belief in something that only the two of you can see.
I've never used High Definition video, never, ever, ever, ever, ever. And I never will. I can't stand that crap.
Power is defined as an ability to do qualitative work with a quantitative passion, backed by a compelling conviction, directed by a propelling purpose, fulfilling a divine destiny. That is power!
The beauty of a face is transient, but the beauty of a heart is everlasting and magnificent.
You have a faculty for defining the simplest in terms of the grandiose, so that a poor devil like me can't understand it.
An action made by a unwitting man, shall not define, nor justify a common though and interpretation.
Identity was a liquid state, ever interchangeable, and adaptable to its surroundings... It was better to not have favourites - a snake didn't mourn when it had to shed its skin.
Your ability to show discretion defines your likeliness to contribute to a wholesome performance.
Cynic, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are not as they ought to be.
What we define ourselves us can sometimes bring forth the best images of ourselves--or vice versa, will create some of the worst restrictions we place on our lives.
Identity was just a box people liked to put themselves in, a mast to tether to in a storm, a security blanket.
Wisdom along with maturity is self understanding and defining one's character through reasoning in a circumstance.
Good communication is less about saying what you mean, and more about defining what you say.
Logic, it is often said, is the study of valid arguments. It is a systematic attempt to distinguish valid arguments from invalid arguments.
