I Am Determined Quotes

• I am still determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may be.

  Martha Washington

  Happiness, Happy, Attitude

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  Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

  Og Mandino

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Og Mandino (2011). “The Greatest Salesman in the World”, p.25, Bantam

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• I am determined to control events, not be controlled by them.

  John Adams

  Events, Determined, Virtue

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• Let the consequences be what they will, I am determined to proceed.

  James Otis

  Determined, Consequence

  "Niles' Weekly Register, Volume 14". p. 138., en.wikiquote.org. 1818.

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  I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.

  Martha Washington

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

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• I am determined to practice deep listening. I am determined to practice loving speech.

  Nhat Hanh

  Practice, Listening, Speech

  Thich Nhat Hanh, Sherab Chodzin Kohn (2011). “True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart”, p.88, Shambhala Publications

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• I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive.

  Theodore Bikel

  Fighting, Giving, Determined

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• And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, — I am determined to prove a villain, And hate the idle pleasures of these days.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Hate, Determined

  'Richard III' (1591) act 1, sc. 1, l. 28

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• One regret dear world, that I am determined not to have when I am lying on my deathbed is that I did not kiss you enough.

  Hafez

  Death, Spiritual, Wisdom

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• I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is.

  Charles Lamb

  Religious, Children, Father

  Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb, Philip Hamilton McMillan Memorial Publication Fund (1935). “The letters of Charles Lamb: to which are added those of his sister Mary Lamb”

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• Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.

  Charles de Gaulle

  Inspirational, Success, Determination

  Charles de Gaulle (1960). “The Edge of the Sword”, New York : Criterion Books

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• I am determined to defend my rights and maintain my freedom or sell my life in the attempt.

  Nathanael Greene

  Life, Freedom, Rights

  Nathanael Greene, Richard K. Showman, Rhode Island Historical Society (2005). “The papers of General Nathanael Greene”

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• Mindful that it's running out, I am determined to have the time of my life.

  Sheila Hancock

  Running, Determined, Time Of My Life

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• 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.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Thinking, Needs, Determined

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• I know the well of my maternal incompetence is deep but I am determined to siphon up a calm and breathing hope for him.

  Donna VanLiere

  Breathing, Determined, Calm

  Donna VanLiere (2012). “The Good Dream”, p.213, Macmillan

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• I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible and die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his honour and that of his country, Victory or death.

  William B. Travis

  Country, Military, Long

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• Anyone can build a building that protects people from heat, sun and cold. What I am determined to do is to make a stage where people can be sexier and more brilliant, a place where they can awake smarter.

  Philippe Starck

  People, Design, Sun

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• I am determined to go through the horror of this world.

  Brian Epstein

  World, Determined, Horror

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• People ask me why I work so hard and why I have this compassion to reach the top and be great. I respond by telling them, "I work insanely hard because people said I couldn't do it." When someone tells me I can't do something, or that I'll never achieve my goals and visions, I am determined to prove them wrong.

  Robert Cheeke

  Motivational, Bodybuilding, Compassion

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• With the grace of Prophet Muhammed and Allah, almost all Hindus in Calicut are converted to Islam. Only a few are still not converted on the borders of Cochin State. I am determined to convert them also very soon. I consider this as Jehad to achieve that object.

  Tipu Sultan

  Grace, Islam, Borders

  Letter to Syed Abdul Dulai, January 18, 1790.

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• This generation may either be the last to exist in any semblance of a civilised world or that it will be the first to have the vision, the bearing and the greatness to say, 'I will have nothing to do with this destruction of life, I will play no part in this devastation of the land, I am determined to live and work for peaceful construction for I am morally responsible for the world of today and the generations of tomorrow.'

  Richard St. Barbe Baker

  Life, Greatness, Land

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• 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.

  M. Carey Thomas

  Men, Brain, Determined

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• People have been accusing me of that ever since I got involved in politics. Some would just like to stick a pin through me like insect researchers do a dried butterfly and then say: Look, there's the banker who doesn't like people. If that were the case, I would not be here. I am not arrogant to the French - I am determined.

  Emmanuel Macron

  Butterfly, People, Arrogant

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• Live long enough and you'll disappoint everyone. People think you're able to help them and usually you can't. And so it becomes a process of choosing the one or two people you try hardest not to disappoint. The person in my life I am determined not to disappoint is you.

  Dave Eggers

  Thinking, Two, Long

  Dave Eggers (2012). “A Hologram for the King”, p.184, McSweeney's

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• I am resolutely opposed to all innovation, all change, but I am determined to understand what’s happening. Because I don’t choose just to sit and let the juggernaut roll over me. Many people seem to think that if you talk about something recent, you’re in favor of it. The exact opposite is true in my case. Anything I talk about is almost certainly something I’m resolutely against. And it seems to me the best way to oppose it is to understand it. And then you know where to turn off the buttons.

  Marshall McLuhan

  Thinking, Opposites, People

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