Famous Quotes & Sayings

Annie Leibovitz

The first thing I did with my very first camera was climb Mt. Fuji. Climbing Mt. Fuji is a lesson in determination and moderation. It would be fair to ask if I took the moderation part to heart. But it certainly was a lesson in respecting your camera. If I was going to live with this thing, I was going to have to think about what that meant. There were not going to be any pictures without it.

Donald Trump

If we put another two or perhaps three justice on, that's really what's going to be ­­ that will happen. And that'll happen automatically, in my opinion, because I am putting pro­life justices on the court. I will say this:It will go back to the states, and the states will then make a determination.

Chuck Norris

I've always found that anything worth achieving will always have obstacles in the way and you've got to have that drive and determination to overcome those obstacles on route to whatever it is that you want to accomplish.

Alfred Adler

Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations.

Andrew Jackson

We are beginning a new era in our government. I cannot too strongly urge the necessity of a rigid economy and an inflexible determination not to enlarge the income beyond the real necessities of the government.

There is no doubt that Iraqis, like Australians and Americans, love and desire freedom. However, if freedom doesn't mean the right to complete self-determination, unfettered by interests other than one's own, then that freedom is less than worthless - it's oppression.

Daunte Culpepper

We have a veteran group with a lot of pride, and we're embarrassed with the way we're playing. I'm determined to fix it. One thing we've got to do is stay together.

Daunte Culpepper

We have a veteran group and I'm determined to fix it. We just need to stay together,

We have not yet made a determination how we will go forward with that position.

The present system says the town determines the fair market value, which is a very expensive to assess, ... But the IOU's can respond with a much higher figure if they don't like what the town has offered, and that's the price we have to take.

The presence of the national reps in the Highlanders side won't deter our preparations.

Ehud Barak

We are determined to turn every stone to find a way to go forward without risking our security or vital interest,

We are determined to starve this limited group of extremists of the means

Joseph Estrada

We are determined to save the hostages and not put them in harm's way,

Ehud Barak

We are determined to push it forward, if there is a possibility of having an agreement,

We are determined to do what needs to be done to save the peace process and, therefore, regain our land and rights,

Ehud Barak

We are determined to do everything we can

Donald Kennedy

We are determined to do everything in our power to evaluate our own procedures for detecting research misconduct.

We are determined to do all that we can to help the victims of this disaster,

We'll let the voters make the determination about the impact of this. It's unlikely he'll eat into our base. Lynn Swann is Western Pennsylvania.

David Johansen

You know, when you're making a record, you come up with 15, 20 songs. Then they start to fall by the wayside as your interest wanes. It's kind of like a process of elimination to determine which songs wind up on the record.

Richard Bach

Remember where you came from, where you're going, and why you created this mess you got yourself into in the first place.

Rita Dove

Courage has nothing to do with our determination to be great. It has to do with what we decide in that moment when we are called upon to be more.

Richard Tyler

Commitment is mental determination to accept only EXCELLENCE no matter how difficult, uncomfortable, or stressful.

Richard V. Allen

I would argue that the next President, either Bush or Gore, should strike a 'national' posture, exhibiting generosity toward the defeated opponent, but proceeding with determination to implement an agenda.

Thomas Nagel

If I thought that everything I did was determined by my circumstancse and my psychological condition, I woudl feel trapped.

Thomas Paine

As my object was not myself, I set out with the determination, and happily with the disposition, of not being moved by praise or censure, friendship or calumny, nor of being drawn from my purpose by any personal altercation; and the man who cannot do this, is not fit for a public character.

Thomas Paine

I am sensible that he who means to do mankind a real service must set down with the determination of putting up, and bearing with all their faults, follies, prejudices and mistakes until he can convince them that he is right.

Thomas Huxley

Of the few innocent pleasures left to men past middle life, the jamming of common sense down the throats of fools is perhaps the keenest.

Thomas Huxley

The question of all questions for humanity, the problem which lies behind all others and is more interesting than any of them, is that of the determination of man's place in nature and his relation to the cosmos.

Thomas S. Monson

In the private sanctuary of one's own conscience lies that spirit, that determination to cast off the old person and to measure up to the statue of true potential.

Thomas S. Monson

Courage is required to make an initial thrust toward one's coveted goal, but even greater courage is called for when one stumbles and must make a second effort to achieve. Have the determination to make the effort, the single-mindedne ss to work toward a worthy goal, and the courage not only to face the challenges that inevitably come but also to make a second effort, should such be required.

Thomas S. Monson

Let us have the courage to defy the consensus, the courage to stand for principle. Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God’s approval. Courage becomes a living and an attractive virtue when it is regarded not only as a willingness to die manfully, but also as a determination to live decently. A moral coward is one who is afraid to do what he thinks is right because others will disapprove or laugh. Remember that all men have their fears, but those who face their fears with dignity have courage as well.