Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sri Chinmoy

The determination in your heroic effort Will permeate your mind and heart Even after your success or failure Is long forgotten.

Stephen Lang

Fortitude, determination... in a way they're things that I idealize myself and am curious about.

Michael Ondaatje

How we are almost nothing. We think, in our youth, we are the centre of the universe, but we simply respond, go this way or that by accident, survive or improve by the luck of the draw, with little choice or determination on our part.

Mahatma Gandhi

Satyagraha is a relentless search for truth and a determination to search truth.

Friedrich August von Hayek

Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in an officially enforced inequality - an authoritarian determination of the status of each individual in the new hierarchical order.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger. With confidence in our armed forces, with the unbounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph, so help us God.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Labor Day symbolizes our determination to achieve an economic freedom for the average man which will give his political freedom realty.

John Cheever

The constants that I look for are a love of light and a determination to trace some moral chain of being.

Tristram Stuart

As human pastoralists discovered 8,000 years ago, raising animals can be an efficient way of harnessing otherwise unusable resources such as grass.

Archimedes

Eureka! (I have found it!)

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

The very discovery of the New world was the by-product of a dietary quest.

Thomas Friedman

John Kennedy led us on a journey to discover the moon. Obama needs to lead us on a journey to rediscover, rebuild and reinvent our own backyard.

Will Rogers

Wrigley was the first man to discover that American jaws must wag; so why not give them something to wag against.

Iris Apfel

I do have a dominant shopping gene but, unlike a reasonable person, I never plan for what I need each season. I enjoy the thrill of the hunt, the discovery and the endless search. In another creation I was, perhaps, a hunter/gatherer. After all these years, I’ve learned that it’s not the end result or finished product but the process I most enjoy. If my experimenting, searching and juxtaposing turns into an exciting outfit well, it’s just a big fat bonus!

Jim Fox

Her perspective led me into self-discovery. I got to see the other side.

Friedrich August von Hayek

Competition is like experimentation in science, a discovery process, and it must rely on the self interest of producers, it must allow them to use their knowledge for their purposes, because nobody else possesses the information

John Charles Polanyi

It is folly to use as one's guide in the selection of fundamental science the criterion of utility. Not because (scientists)... despise utility. But because. .. useful outcomes are best identified after the making of discoveries, rather than before.

Wolfgang Bernhard

Ten of them will be entirely new models.

Katie Chang

I went to a haunted house once, and I don't do well in situations like that, and I've lived my entire life not being scared or anything.

Thomas Lennon

We did one pilot for FOX which was about this couple that moves to a town, and we play everyone in the entire town. So it was like a Peter Sellers film.

Larry Dean

We are doing everything we can do in Bossier Parish to reach out and touch the needs of the people in the entire state,

Clara Shih

My entire life, I have viewed every problem as an opportunity - I've had no choice.

David Carr

I was talking to those guys (with the Colts) the other day, and I think they lost five preseason games. But they aren't down. They're fired up. They want to get out there with their No. 1s and play an entire game just like we do.

Herbie Hancock

But in jazz, the song may be written by somebody else, but how you treat it is entirely with your notes and your expression.

John Amos

We need to protect the resources and livelihoods, not just the ones we have today, but in the future, too. We have an opportunity to get it right and that's important to the entire nation.

Ray Nagin

Let me just say it one more time and make sure everybody understands it ... We will rebuild this entire city,

Wendy Cheung

There are a lot of events happening this month and we hope lots of people will come to them.

Kevin Mawae

What Pop Warner does for kids on and off the field is great. It's nice to take part in events like this. It is all about youth football and it is the future of our sport.

Tom Williams

We will try to exploit our depth. We would like to send two kids (to state) in five to six events that can score. That's one factor we can control.

Jim Fuller

We won more than half of the events. That was one of the goals I put on them. To win more events than the other teams.

Roger Milla

It's true I'm more widely recognised now and get invited to take part in all sorts of events and projects but as a person, I haven't changed.

Jim Rice

The American people should never feel scared to go out to visit events that are their heritage, and that's exactly why law enforcement takes such a strong preparatory stance for these events.

Tom Baxter

That's what I do now. Throughout the year, I go out to other events and talk with the players, just talk to them. You know, just be friends with them, be nice to them. That is how we are bettering the field.

Mary Johnson

I was never contacted to see if I could provide space for any centennial events, ... It is well understood that when you are 'out of favor' with the ruling elite, you get the short end of the stick.

Grant Hackett

I work very hard and pick the tough events or rather they pick me more so, and it is nice to come away and be appreciated.

Mike Bossy

I'm always extremely honored to be applauded the way I am when I get back here and have any kind of liaison with the fans. I'm humbled by it.

Shanna Briggs

I felt like we started out extremely flat. And we didn't do some things well defensively that we wanted to, and that's when they went on their run.

J. Taylor

Hiroshi is an extremely technical player with his passing and dribbling, ... He'll be a good player for us.

Mike Woodson

He played extremely well. He didn't play like a rookie.

Tom Saltzstein

He's got a huge upside and he's only going to get stronger. At 6-9, 200 pounds, he's extremely, extremely athletic.

Ron Niekamp

Jordan is a big concern, but they have a lot of other guys who have stepped up as well. They play extremely hard and are a very disciplined team.

Kerry Coombs

He finished the season playing in the state championship game on Saturday and then had surgery on Tuesday. His rehab is going extremely well. He is a special player.

Tom Renney

Right now that could be an extremely valuable point. Tonight, it is.

Randy Carlyle

Our players worked extremely hard. It was a fast-paced game, and it wasn't no-hit hockey. It was a physical game and those are tough ones to play.

John Franklin

It's not so much Katrina as a phenomenon as it's Katrina as a metaphor for what our society has become. It reflects; it's a mirror of what we've become - super-extraordinarily complacent.

Cesar Chavez

There are many reasons for why a man does what de does. To be himself he must be able to give it all. If a leader cannot give it all he cannot expect his people to give anything.

Daniel H. Pink

What's important now are the characteristics of the brain's right hemisphere: artistry, empathy, inventiveness, big-picture thinking. These skills have become first among equals in a whole range of business fields.

Daniel H. Pink

I happen to be extremely left-brained; my instinct is to draw a chart rather than a picture. I'm trying to get my right-brain muscles into shape. I actually think this shift toward right-brain abilities has the potential to make us both better off and better in a deeper sense.

Bobby Knight

I just love the game of basketball so much. The game! I don't need the 18,000 people screaming and all the peripheral things. To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation.

Dwight L. Moody

If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of me.

William Shakespeare

Everyone I meet is in some way my superior.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Odd how often blood is shed to obtain freedom from those in power. Oppressors must be the most insecure people in the world.

Max de Pree

In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

Mary Kay Ash

Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise.

Eric Hecox

The most significant thing I've seen has been the level of participation.

Mario Caminiti

Sometimes we just play to the level of the opposition. We can play better.

Simon Greul

I see now that I can play at this level and I can play with these guys. I'm playing my game, I'm playing well.

Conor McGregor

To do anything to a high level it has to be total obsession.

Mike Stoops

We feel we can really take the program to the next level with Willie.

Claude C. Hopkins

Every reader of your ad is interested, else he would not be a reader. You are dealing with someone willing to listen. Then do your level best. That reader, if you lose him now, May never again be a reader

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

What is a shame is that there isn't stuff that is as great as 'Oz' on a consistent level around today.

Anna Lee

Intruder on level one. All aliens, please proceed to level one.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

The day I leave Paris is the day I go down a level or quit football.

Christine Mitchell

Now, parents will start to return to the city. I think this symbolizes to a lot of people that, yes, New Orleans is back and will accommodate families.

Charles Harper

New Orleans is ruined, it will never be what it was again. I shed tears when I think about it. It seems hopeless.

Bai Ling

You have to be proud of who you are.

Asa Butterfield

I can clap really fast. I can beatbox. I can type the alphabet in under 2 seconds. That's probably the one I'm most proud of.

Jane Garvey

We have, I am proud to say, successfully transitioned in a very uneventful way.

Britney Spears

Yes I'm a virgin and proud of it.

Dave Ramsey

Be very proud of what you do, and if you aren't then change it.

Steve Spurrier

toward the end there, my give-a-damn was busted. This is not the way I ever coached...I'm not proud of what happened, but there it is.

Nancy Crowley

We were ready to go. No one had to be shown what to do, nothing had to be explained. They know what their role is. I'm very proud of the team we have in place.

Joel Guzman

We were proud of her because we raised her.

Don Rickles

I've never had a writer, and I'm proud of that. Everything I've per­formed has been from my own head.

Jerry A. Webman

The rise in equities helped strengthen the economy.

Edward Abbey

Concrete is heavy; iron is hard - but the grass will prevail.

Dr. Seuss

When something bad happens you have three choices. You can either let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you.

Andrei Sakharov

Both now and for always, I intend to hold fast to my belief in the hidden strength of the human spirit.

Anna Letitia Barbauld

While Genius was thus wasting his strength in eccentric flights, I saw a person of a very different appearance, named Application.

Amy Tan

I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength..."strongest wind cannot be seen."

Thomas Jefferson

I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.

Swami Vivekananda

Take off the veil of hypnotism which you have cast upon the world, send not out thoughts and words of weakness unto humanity.

Swami Vivekananda

And what causes fear? Ignorance of our own nature.

Sarah Martin

Our team worked really hard. Well, I told them to work really hard.

Jim Balsillie

No question, we took one for the team here.

Brett Hull

Canadian hockey fans... They boo me every time I go anywhere. Because I play for Team USA.

Brett Favre

I never thought I would see it. I’m not saying it’s not possible. I’m not saying it didn’t happen. I don’t know. There’s a lot of guys getting picked on (in the locker room). Some handle it well, some don’t handle it as well. I’m not saying it’s right, and from a locker room sense or from a team sense, I’m not saying it’s wrong. It’s just the way it is.

Bobby Knight

During my 40-year coaching career at West Point, Indiana and Texas Tech, my teams reached the Final Four on five occasions, winning the national championship three times.

Jamie Spencer

We've got two different teams here. It's like this every year.

Sam Altman

Later, you should learn to hire fast and scale up the company, but in the early days the goal should be not to hire. Not to hire.

Sam Altman

The cost of getting an early hire wrong is really high.

Mike Bossy

To be honest, no NHL team ever has called me,