Quotes About Define

Success can be very difficult to deal with. You have to stay in the center. If you let your success define you, then you're really just setting yourself up for failure.

God gave you life not for how you define him but he wants to see that how you can define yourself.

Before a big acting competition, my dad sent me a note that said, 'Define the moment. Don't let the moment define you.'

None of the things in life - like love or faith - was arrived at by thinking; indeed, one could almost define the things that mattered as the ones that came as suddenly as thunder.

When [a man] thinks that he is reasoning he is really disputing, just because he cannot define and divide, and so know that of which he is speaking; and he will pursue a merely verbal opposition in the spirit of contention and not of fair discussion.

His Word is not a chore. Not a nag. It's life. It's love. It's living truth, solid as granite yet soft as a baby's skin. And it's not just to read. It's to absorb. To bathe in. To live by. To inspire us, reshape us, and define us.

The chances you take… the people you meet… the people you love… the faith that you have – that's what's going to define your life.

When I listen to a fascist, like Rush Limbaugh or Tom Delay or somebody like that, they help me define my views. I ask myself, 'Why do I feel so strongly the opposite of what that guy is saying? He's not stupid. He's evil, but why is he evil?'

I think camp is a really fascinating thing, and it's hard to define and hard to apply consciously. It's almost something you take from material that's already existed in the world, a reading of the world. But I think it speaks of a long tradition of gay reading of the world, before gays were allowed to be visible.

If you're not out front defining your vision, your opponent will spend gobs of money to define it for you.

Life is choice. All day, everyday. Who we talk to, where we sit, what we say, how we say it. And our lives become defined by our choices. It's as simple and as complex as that. And as powerful.

The truth is we are defined by our actions, not by our intentions.

Courage is the air under your wing that defines how high you will soar.

Wit defies deathbut death defines wit

And deep in my heart. The answer, it was in me. And I made up my mind. To define my own destiny

Brands that help customers avoid some kind of negativity in life (and let their customers know what that negativity is) engage customers for the same reason good stories captivate an audience: they define what's at stake.

When we define the elements of a story as it relates to our brand, we create a map customers can follow to engage our products and services.

Until we've defined a specific desire and become known for helping people achieve it, we shouldn't add too many conflicting story gaps

I have discovered that if I can change the way I think about something, I can change the way I react to it. If I change the way I react, I can change the way I define myself as a mother. I don't have to be defined as one barely hanging on in survival mode. I can be a mom who thrives and lives and loves the great adventure I've been called to.

There are conversations going on about the Church constantly. Those conversations will continue whether or not we choose to participate in them. But we cannot stand on the sidelines while others, including our critics, attempt to define what our Church teaches... We are living in a world saturated with all kinds of voices. Perhaps now, more than ever, we have a major responsibility as Latter-day Saints to define ourselves, instead of letting others define us.

I think that we all know what evil is. We have a sense of what's evil, and certainly killing innocent people is evil. We're less sure about what is good. There's sort of good, good enough, could be better - but absolute good is a little harder to define.

Words are important. Words shaper our perceptions. When they define, they can also distort. There is a far better way to describe this man whose face is the most human face of all. Jesus is beautiful.

A film with an untidy plot cannot grip the audience and define their emotional response.

The decisions we make define our lives. But sometimes the hardest choice is following our heart.