Best 490 quotes in «determined quotes» category

There are wholes, the behavior of which is not determined by that of their individual elements, but where the part-processes are themselves determined by the intrinsic nature of the whole. It is the hope of Gestalt theory to determine the nature of such wholes.

There exists everywhere a medium in things, determined by equilibrium.

The reflection of the current social paradigm tells us we are largely determined by conditioning and conditions.

There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise

There is no failure for the man who realizes his power, who never knows when he is beaten; there is no failure for the determined endeavor; the unconquerable will.

There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.

There is nothing more majestic than the determined courage of individuals willing to suffer and sacrifice for their freedom and dignity.

The revolution has its own laws: in the period of its culmination it pushes the most highly developed, determined and far-seeing stratum of the revolutionary class to the most advanced positions.

There's a feeling that strength is determined by the size of a union. That clearly is nonsense.

The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.

There was a time when a man was so convinced that the world was round that he was determined to prove it.

The speed of the fleet is not determined by the fastest vessel; rather it is determined by the slowest one.

The secular university is scandalized by the claims of revelation. Those who have, for whatever historical reasons, become seekers-on-principle, cannot tolerate the allegation that truth is a gift. To have to receive offends those who have determined to take.

The strength of the poetry as we enter into whatever it is we are entering into, will be determined by the clarity of the thinking we put into it.

The surest hindrance of success is to have too high a standard of refinement in our own minds, or too high an opinion of the judgment of the public. He who is determined not to be satisfied with anything short of perfection will never do anything to please himself or others.

The success of the poem is determined not by how much the poet felt in writing it, but by how much the reader feels in reading it.

The technology is the independent variable, the social system the dependent variable. Social, systems are therefore determined by systems of technology; as the latter change, so do the former.

The world in which you live is not primarily determined by outward conditions and circumstances but by the thoughts that habitually occupy your mind.

The value and utility of any experiment are determined by the fitness of the material to the purpose for which it is used, and thus in the case before us it cannot be immaterial what plants are subjected to experiment and in what manner such experiment is conducted.

The True Measure Of Success is determined by your home life.

The value and quality of any love is determined solely by the lover himself.

The worker's effectiveness is determined largely by the way he is being managed.

This is a quantum universe ... neither random nor determined. It is potential at every second. All you can do is intervene.

The young think they are immortal, and are determined to prove otherwise.

Thinking consists in envisaging, realizing structural features and structural requirements; proceeding in accordance with, and determined by, these requirements; thereby changing the situation in the direction of structural improvements.

The worth of a life is not determined by a single failure or a solitary success.

Thus, the more precisely the position is determined, the less precisely the momentum is known, and conversely.

Those who are determined to be 'offended' will discover a provocation somewhere. We cannot possibly adjust enough to please the fanatics, and it is degrading to make the attempt.

To force myself to earn more money, I determined to spend more.

To be impacted. Then, once a policy is determined, you call on them to help.

To pretend to trust Christ to save you from sin while you are still determined to continue in it is making a mockery of Christ.

To him who has determined, it only remains to act.

True purity, however, is a direction, a persistent, determined pursuit of righteousness. This direction starts in the heart, and we express it in a lifestyle that flees opportunities for compromise.

Wages are determined by the bitter struggle between capitalist and worker.

True negotiation takes place when each side respects the other, and their point of view, and enters into the discussion positively. If you are determined that your solution, and your particular solution only, is the correct one - to be imposed on the other side if necessary - that is not negotiation; it is dictatorship

Truth is never determined by majority opinion, but by divine revelation.

Truth is not determined by a majority vote.

Viewed from the genuine abolition ground, Mr. Lincoln seemed tardy, cold, dull, and indifferent; but measuring him by the sentiment of his country, a sentiment he was bound as a statesman to consult, he was swift, zealous, radical, and determined.

Wake up curious, and determined to find an answer

Wealth is not determined by investment performance, but by investor behavior.

We are determined to listen to nothing from the illegal congress.

We emerged from the events of September 11 more steadfast in our beliefs, more courageous in our actions and more determined to protect our values than ever before.

We both agreed that Stalin was determined to hold out against the Germans. He told us he'd never let them get to Moscow. But if he was wrong, they'd go back to the Urals and fight. They'd never surrender.

We are governed by sympathy; and the extent of our sympathy is determined by that of our sensibility

We each shape our own life, and the shape of it is determined largely by our attitude.

we seem determined to give human qualities to objects and content to treat each other as things.

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.

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

We're working better with China than we ever have. We are determined to take care of South Korea, which is why we have our mission there, working and that, as well. And then we're going to continue to take care of Japan. The entire international community isolate North Korea and let them know that this nuclear tests not acceptable.

We know that communication must be hampered, and its form largely determined, by the unconscious but inevitable influence of a transmitting mechanism, whether that be of a merely mechanical or of a physiological character.