#deter

Though men determine, the gods doo dispose: and oft times many things fall out betweene the cup and the lip. ↗

— Robert Greene

#determine #dispose #fall #gods #lip

Roosevelt was determined to stop Stalin from taking over Eastern Europe. He thought they finally had an agreement on Poland. Before Roosevelt died, he realized that Stalin had broken his agreement. ↗

— W. Averell Harriman

#before #broken #determined #died #eastern

Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor. ↗

— Cory Doctorow

#determination #hackers #kids

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination. ↗

— Tommy Lasorda

#determination #difference #impossible #lies #man

People like her because she's like a breath of fresh air. Because in the fifth book it gets so dark and Harry's always cross and then every time Luna comes in all the tension goes and she makes you laugh because she's so funny and really honest. I don't know how much I'm like her, there are some similarities but I'm more determined than her. ↗

— Evanna Lynch

#always #because #book #breath #comes

I decided that my means were sufficient to enable me to devote myself to botany, a determination which I never, during the long period of my subsequent career, had on any occasion any reason to repent of. ↗

— George Bentham

#botany #career #decided #determination #devote

I think that a man should not live beyond the age when he begins to deteriorate, when the flame that lighted the brightest moment of his life has weakened. ↗

— Fidel Castro

#begins #beyond #brightest #deteriorate #flame

When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit our lives are all that really belong to us. So it is how we use our lives that determines the kind of men we are. ↗

— Cesar Chavez

#belong #determines #honest #how #kind

I don't accept the argument of people like David Horowitz that the government should impose some sort of predetermined political balance on academic research. ↗

— Juan Cole

#accept #argument #balance #david #government

Rosa Parks' courage, determination, and tenacity continue to be an inspiration to all those committed to non-violent protest and change nearly half a century later. ↗

— Bob Filner

#change #committed #continue #courage #determination