Determined Quotes - Page 17

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

It has been jestingly said that the works of John Paul Richter are almost unintelligible to any but the Germans, and even to some of them. A worthy German, just before Richter's death, edited a complete edition of his works, in which one particular passage fairly puzzled him. Determined to have it explained at the source, he went to John Paul himself. The author's reply was very characteristic: "My good friend, when I wrote that passage, God and I knew what it meant; it is possible that God knows it still; but as for me, I have totally forgotten."

I was always very determined, as was my husband, that we wouldn't let any of our children act when they were young.

Manufacturing productivity is greatly determined by the design of jobs and how workers are rewarded.

Leadership in its best sense has never been about the pre-determined role cast on some to lead others.

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

I feel like I'm a relentless, pragmatic, determined optimist.

Choose what to believe. He wanted the truth. Why was everybody so determined that he should not get it.

Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve. I was determined to try. I was determined to try because, frankly, my life was such a mess at this point, what - what was the worst that could happen? Everyone turn me down? Big deal.

I was a very focused and determined woman and I always got what I wanted. But once I had it, there was another future moment when I had to attain something else. These internal yearnings keep happiness in a future moment.

I actually find novels that are determined to be funny at every turn quite oppressive.

In most cases, my favorite Jethro Tull songs will be determined by how I feel about them as live performance songs, not by the recorded identity.

Whether or not you could actually increase the size of the force is something that will have to be determined.

I am basically working 7 days a week. When I am not eating, sleeping, or working out, I am working on one of projects which I am just damned determined to finish.

Every issue of life is determined not by external conditions and things, but by one's consciousness.

Everything in life is arbitrary yet must be over-determined in literature. Jean McGarry knows how to tell a persuasive tale illuminating these truths.

I find myself both as man and as myself something more determined and distinctive, at pitch, more distinctive and higher pitched than anything else I see.

Sometimes it can seem that history is turning in a wide arc, toward an unknown shore. Yet the destination of history is determined by human action, and every great movement of history comes to a point of choosing.

What you do and what you say has consequence and impact. Impact is determined by the intention behind your words and the intention behind your deeds.

Extraordinary results are directly determined by how narrow you can make your focus.

Value is a relative concept: the value of each action is determined by comparing it with other possible actions.

What do you believe in?--In this, that the weights of all things must be determined anew.

Your prosperity and happiness will ultimately be determined by the enrichment you create for others in this world. If whatever you are doing does not enrich your life, or that of others, then it's time to do something else.

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.

when man determined to destroy himself he picked the was of shall and finding only why smashed it into because.