#determination

It seems kind of light for a dozen books. I think it's probably that unnatural number of Jason Statham DVDs you ordered." He has to have filmed a nude scene at some point in his career. I don't care how many shoot-'em-up action movies I have to watch, I will find it," I said solemnly. "Oh, yes, I will find it. ↗

— Molly Harper

#humor #humor

What may intimidate a man is a woman who thinks with her mind before she feels with her heart. Nevertheless what determines the strength in the man is his ability to accept one when he sees one. ↗

— Criss Jami

#acceptance #boldness #determination #determine #ego

He came back full of life and hope and determination. ↗

— Bram Stoker

#hope #life

[In 16th century European society] Marriage was the triumphal arch through which women, almost without exception, had to pass in order to reach the public eye. And after marriage followed, in theory, the total self-abnegation of the woman. ↗

— Antonia Fraser

#empowerment #feminism #gender #history #independence

When all the details fit in perfectly, something is probably wrong with the story. ↗

— Charles Baxter

#discovery #fiction #mystery #overdetermination #perfection

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. ↗

— Chuck Norris

#achieving #always #anything #determination #drive

With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I'm going to press on for equality. I'm going to press on for the sake of our children. I'm going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I am going to press on. ↗

— Barack Obama

#children #complain #determination #equality #families

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

#depends #determination #economic #employment #future

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#self-determination #person

I'd rather die my way than live yours. ↗

— Lauren Oliver

#lena-holoway #self-determination #self-reliance #die