Determined Quotes

Average is very acceptable in our society but I don't think the angels are applauding. If you are determined to be excellent, to not back out of it, you will reap a harvest in your life.

Do not let anyone discourage you. If they try: get determined, not depressed.

We're so determined to help those we love that we lose all perspective

Like most of us, I determined that I'd rather be a large part of the problem than a small part of the solution.

Single men and determined groups have been the only makers of space in which man could walk free.

Both my mother and I were determined that we weren't going to stay on welfare. We always worked toward doing better, toward having a better life. We never had any doubts that we would.

I'm more pompous and self-assured and determined that if - you know - if the truth can be told so as to be understood, it will be believed.

If man has not found ways to deal with environmental problems such as water and air pollution by 1998, it will be too late. The future is not determined and it lies in our own hands.

The outcome of your life will be determined by your outlook on life.

We each have all the time there is; our mental and moral status is determined by what we do with it.

I believe that quality level is determined primarily by the actual design of the product itself, not by quality control in the production process.

I had read enough mediocre scripts and was determined not to inflict another one on the world.

God seems to throw Himself on the side of the man who knows exactly what he wants, if he is determined to get JUST THAT!

There is nothing in cricket more calculated to raise a laugh than the sight of some determined and serious man under a spiralling catch.

Reality is observer-determined - it's a spatio-temporal process, which fortunately means that things must change.

We stand together as we did two centuries ago, One people under God determined that our future shall be worthy of our past.

I am determined to enjoy each day to the fullest. I don't want to wish away Christmas. I want to enjoy these last moments of Advent and look forward to Jesus's birth with anticipation.

While fighting for acceptance, we must remember that our own self worth is not determined by whether or not we get it.

[We should be] determined... to sever ourselves from the union we so much value rather than give up the rights of self-government... in which alone we see liberty, safety and happiness.

Become a "learning organization". Shuck your arrogance - "if it isn't our idea, it can't be that good" - and become a determined copycat/ adapter/ enhancer.

I do feel really determined, and that I have to pull myself together, but I don't really think like, my market has changed and my company has changed, and I'm going to make it BIG in America!

Your ability to shape your destiny is directly proportional to your belief that it is a matter of will and determination--however much or little that belief may be.

I come from a line of self-motivated, determined folk - not grand, not high society, but no-nonsense, family-minded go-getters.

If you decide to run for the leadership, you have to go through it with the people you love. But you also have to protect them and I am determined to protect my mum.

I am determined to make the most of this life that I have, damn it - it's that kind of stubbornness I think we all need more of.

One thing I am determined on is that by the time I die my brain shall weigh as much as a man's if study and learning can make it so.

A lot of being productive personally is determined by how you organize your entire business. You can't separate those two things.

I have got you together to hear what I have written down. I do not wish your advice about the main matterfor that I have determined for myself.

It requires a serious mind and a determined heart to pray past the ordinary into the unusual.

If we remain determined to shape a new and better world of separate, sovereign nations, this new century will be a happier one.

A subject I'm particularly passionate about is the criminal justice system and almost all of the policies that impact people's lives are determined on a local level.

Everyone remembers Stuart Pearce as a determined, aggressive player, who played with great heart and enthusiasm that gave him a great career in the game.

The propriety of a law, in a constitutional light, must always be determined by the nature of the powers upon which it is founded.

Every epoch has its character determined by the way its population reacts to the material events which they encounter.

Of course, the character of my garden is also determined by things beyond any human decision, mine or anyone else's.

Fichte takes an I or free will to be not a thing or being but an act which is not undetermined but self-determined, in accordance with reasons or norms rationally self-given.

BATH, n. A kind of mystic ceremony substituted for religious worship, with what spiritual efficacy has not been determined.

Behavior, n. Conduct, as determined, not by principle, but by breeding.

Thoughtful, energetic, smart, determined. I tried to own and further those qualities and often mustered them up when they were dormant and something wasn't going my way.

If I want to continue to build the kind of effort we have with Do Something, being in a public office would help. I wouldn't rule it out, but it's not something I feel determined to do.

My daddy was determined to make me a dentist and a baseball player. And I loved my daddy but I wasted four years of college trying to do what he wanted me to do, and not what I felt I wanted to do.

The value of a life is determined by what we give away.

we must not blame our poor symbols if they take forms that seem trivial to us, or absurd, ... however paltry they may be; the nature of our life alone has determined their forms.

Justice is a dream. But it is a dream that we are determined to realize.

The future of any leader or political systems is to be determined by the people of the country.

Ours is not the first generation to understand the dire need for health reform. And I am not the first president to take up this cause, but I am determined to be the last.

We're all physical bodies, but basically everything we do is determined by what goes on in our heads. The only person who ever stops me from achieving something is me.

My history is long, and not much of it is good. I can't erase it, but I'm determined not to make another mistake. Not when the stakes are high, not when it comes to you.

Success is not determined by the amount of accomplishments, but by the road traveled & how you handled the recovery of each failed attempt.

Being successful is not determined by the amount of money you make but by the amount of lives you affect and influence for the better.