Determination Quotes - Page 24

• Few people know death, we only endure it, usually from determination, and even from stupidity and custom; and most men only die because they know not how to prevent dying.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Death, Men, People

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• A great many people never really discover themselves until ruin stares them in the face. They do not seem to know how to bring out their reserves until they are overtaken by an overwhelming disaster, or until the sight of their blighted prospects and of the wreck of their homes and happiness stirs them to the very center of their beings.... There is something in defeat which puts new determination into a man of mettle.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Home, Men, Sight

  Orison Swett Marden (1907). “The Optimistic Life”

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• A new danger now beset him [Grotius], the danger of becoming simply a venal pleader, a creature who grinds out arguments on this or that side, for this or that client: a mere legal beast of prey. Fortunately for himself and for the world he took a higher view of his life-work: his determination clearly was to make himself a thoroughly equipped jurist, and then, as he rose more and more in his profession, to use his powers for the good of his country and of mankind.

  Andrew Dickson White

  Country, Views, Rose

  "Seven Great Statesmen in the Warfare of Humanity with Unreason". Book by Andrew Dickson White, p. 59, 1915.

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• A remorseful change of mind renders even a noble action base, whereas the determination which is grounded on knowledge and reason cannot change even if its actions fail.

  Plutarch

  Mind, Noble, Action

  Plutarch (2012). “Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans: Complete”, p.333, Simon and Schuster

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• The life of reality is confused, disorderly, almost always without apparent purpose, whereas in the artist's imaginative life there is purpose. There is determination to give the tale, the song, the painting, form -- to make it true and real to the theme, not to life.

  Sherwood Anderson

  Song, Art, Confused

  Sherwood Anderson (1947). “The Sherwood Anderson reader”

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• Exhibitions of minority art are often intended to make the minority itself more aware of its collective experience. Reinforcing the common memory of miseries and triumphs will, it is expected, strengthen the unity of the group and its determination to achieve a better future. But emphasizing shared experience as opposed to the artist's consciousness of self (which includes his personal and unshared experience of masterpieces) brings to the fore the tension in the individual artist between being an artist and being a minority artist.

  Harold Rosenberg

  Art, Memories, Self

  "Art and Other Serious Matters". Book by Harold Rosenberg. Chapter: "Being Outside", p. 273, 1985.

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• The realization of New Africa can only be possible by the African cultivating spiritual balance, which leads to the practicalization of social regeneration, to realizing economic determination, becoming mentally emancipated, and ushering in a political resurgence.

  Nnamdi Azikiwe

  Spiritual, Political, Balance

  "A Life of Azikiwe". Book by K. A. B. Jones-Quartey, 1965.

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• Some people were born to work for others. Not in a mindless, servile-way--rather they simply work better in a set regimen of daily tasks and functions. Others were born of the entrepreneurial spirit and enjoy the demands of self-determination and the roll of the dice.

  Richard Paul Evans

  Work, Self, Daily Tasks

  Richard Paul Evans (2001). “The Christmas Box Miracle: My Spiritual Journey of Destiny, Healing and Hope”, p.75, Simon and Schuster

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• To counter the fixation on a rhetoric of victimhood, black folks must engage in a discourse of self-determination.

  Bell Hooks

  Self, Black, Fixation

  "Killing Rage: Ending Racism". Book by Bell Hooks, September 15, 1995.

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• Those enjoying winning streaks thus win twofold. They win not only the game but also the right to greater self-determination. They become masters of their own fate. That feeling of efficacy, of being in charge of circumstances, is the essence of confidence. Winning once or twice is encouraging, but winning continuously is empowering.

  Rosabeth Moss Kanter

  Confidence, Fate, Winning

  Rosabeth Moss Kanter (2008). “Confidence”, p.61, Random House

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• Anti-Islamist Muslims - who wish to live modern lives, unencumbered by burqas, fatwas and violent visions of jihad - are on the defensive and atomized. However eloquent, their individual voices cannot compete with the roar of militant Islam's determination, money (much of it from overseas) and violence. As a result, militant Islam, with its West-phobia and goal of world hegemony, dominates Islam in the West and appears to many to be the only kind of Islam.

  Daniel Pipes

  Voice, Goal, Vision

  "Voices of Islam". New York Post, September 23, 2003.

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• Unfortunately, sometimes you can't have fun accomplishing your goals. Sometimes people don't have the determination, the will, the steadfastness, the tenacity, they give in under the slightest struggle.

  Mike Tyson

  Fun, Motivation, Fear

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• There is a very well-defined procedure that allows the Vatican to raise issues with a particular theologian about something that does not appear in conformity with the Catholic faith. It is not always easy to make this determination.

  Godfried Danneels

  Issues, Catholic, Doe

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• If this long island story of ours is to end at last, let it end only when each one of us lies, choking in his own blood upon the ground.

  Winston Churchill

  Lying, Islands, Blood

  "God & Churchill: An Interview with Jonathan Sandys and Wallace Henley". www.biblegateway.com. October 7, 2015.

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• The most formidable people in the world, and now the most dangerous, people who... lay down the doctrine that every frontier must be the starting out point for invasion.

  Winston Churchill

  People, Doctrine, World

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• What do we lose by another's good fortune? Let us celebrate with them, or strive to emulate them. That should be our desire and determination.

  Sathya Sai Baba

  Desire, Celebration, Strive

  FaceBook post by Sri Sathya Sai Baba from Dec 11, 2015

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• To be strategic is to concentrate on what is important, on those few objectives that can give us a comparative advantage, on what is important to us rather than others, and to plan and execute the resulting plan with determination and steadfastness.

  Richard Koch

  Giving, Important, Great Business

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• What is important is what inspires persistence and determination- in other words what you care about.

  David Maister

  Inspiring, Persistence, Inspire

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• The certain pathway to all things that you want is through the corridor of joy. Most of you say, 'When I get that I will be joyful.' And we say, until you are joyful, you will not get that. You must start with the decision-with the determination-with the insistence that, 'I will not settle for less than feeling good.'

  Esther Hicks

  Happiness, Feel Good, Decision

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• The authority and influence of France on the world scene in the 21st century will not depend solely on its modernity and cohesion, nor even on the continuity and professionalism of its foreign policy. France will be heeded if it has a message to convey. Faced with the temptations of laissez-faire, France must stand out as the nation with the imagination and determination to pursue an ambition that combines cogency with generosity.

  Jacques Chirac

  Ambition, Generosity, Imagination

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• For a seeker, Guru Purnima is a day of significance, is a day of New Year. It is the day to review one’s progress on the spiritual path and renew one’s determination and focus on the goal, and to resolve what one wants to do in the coming year

  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

  Spiritual, New Year, Years

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• When I finally make up my mind that I want to do something, it's never been hard for me to do.

  Janet Jackson

  Mind, Want, Hard

  "Female Celebs Flex More Than Star Power". www.foxnews.com. July 10, 2002.

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• Have a determination that is strong enough to move walls.

  Aaron Feuerstein

  Strong, Wall, Moving

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• If I am a pure product of genetic, cultural, or class determination, I have no responsibility for my action in the world and, therefore, it is not possible for me to speak of ethics. Of course, this assumption of responsibility does not mean that we are not conditioned genetically, culturally, and socially. It means that we know ourselves to be conditioned but not determined.

  Paulo Freire

  Mean, Responsibility, Class

  Paulo Freire (2000). “Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage”, p.26, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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• Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth.

  Madeleine Albright

  Country, Passion, Justice

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