Quotes About Determined

Baruch Spinoza, who said, "There is no mind absolute or free will, but the mind is determined for willing this or that by a cause which is determined in its turn by another cause, and this one again by another, and so on to infinity.

We recall that the warping of the bedsheet was determined by the presence of the rock. Einstein summarized this analogy by stating: The presence of matter-energy determines the curvature of the space-time surrounding it.

I want to sympathize, I do, but the love triangle is just too delicious. The determined rock star and the possessive billionaire. Rawr.

She felt wild and unruly, determined and free.

Hay una gran diferencia entre la acción autodeterminada y dirigida a objetivos y la reacción, que es una respuesta inmediata a una presión externa.

It's a strange thing about determined seekers-after-wisdom that, no matter where they happen to be, they'll always seek that wisdom which is a long way off. Wisdom is one of the few things that looks bigger the further away it is.

And don't you try to butter me up. I ain't butterable.

His rabbitty features looked unusually determined, as if a hamster had spotted a gap in its treadmill.

and had a face like a bulldog licking vinegar off a thistle...

fierce-looking, a coal-eyed brunette with a gaze direct as lasers. She

I think of myself as a journeyman actress. I will attempt almost anything that I think that I can bring off. It could be almost anything.

I'm just kind of a hard-nosed, don't say a lot and go to work kind of guy.

Coach Snyder was just a determined guy. I was at the ground floor at Kansas State. I learned a lot from that experience.

Kid Rock is a hell of an athlete.

He was always sort of a scrappy little kid wasn't he? A bit of a fighter?

He is a killer, Harry Kane.

You've got to be the most knowledgeable, and you've got to be competitive.

THE DETAILS OF dying are sad and grinding: breathing and waiting and breathing and waiting. The body, brilliant machine, knows how and when to close up shop. But Caroline was so strong, and so determined, that even in this final task she moved toward the end with bracing force.

How God works this out is another mystery, but I have found this line of thought helpful. God does not usurp our responsibility because He doesn't work contrary to our nature, nor force our wills. As we decide, He works within our wills and in harmony with our nature to bring about His determined end. If God did force us, we would not be responsible.

Terriers are problem solvers. They'll do what you tell them, but only if it happens to be in line with what they wanted to do anyway.

You may be asking, "Why focus on a question when what we really crave is an answer?" It's simple. Answers come from questions, and the quality of any answer is directly determined by the quality of the question. Ask the wrong question, get the wrong answer. Ask the right question, get the right answer. Ask the most powerful question possible, and the answer can be life altering.

the value of threats is determined by our reaction.

How did he get so terribly smart, so determined? Maybe it was the pain I'd caused that made him that way, and if that were true, then I'd sort of had a hand in it, in making him as smart and devious as he was. I was really starting to dislike the guy. But I also felt a little proud, like Dr. Frankenstein must have felt when his monster turned on him, because after all, it was Dr. Frankenstein who had made the monster strong and cunning enough to turn on him.

Let us pause for a moment to consider the irony of a Mexican government determined to stop the flow of illegal American immigrants. You just have to relish it. The only thing missing is a Mexican president promising to build a wall.