#deter

In historical and constitutional terms, the recent political status vote in Puerto Rico was a necessary but obviously not decisive step on the road of self-determination leading to full self-government. ↗

— Dick Thornburgh

#decisive #full #historical #leading #necessary

Salvation is from our side a choice, from the divine side it is a seizing upon, an apprehending, a conquest by the Most High God. Our "accepting" and "willing" are reactions rather than actions. The right of determination must always remain with God. ↗

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

#actions #always #choice #conquest #determination

Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary. ↗

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

#adversary #against #deterrent #meant #nuclear

In making the jump from a local program to the showcase of a coast-to-coast broadcast, Ted Yates and I were determined to maintain the candid, sometimes combative style we'd introduced on 'Night Beat.' But that proved easier said than done. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#broadcast #candid #combative #determined #done

Our officers and men behaved like men who are determined to be free. ↗

— Anthony Wayne

#determined #free #like #men #officers

All the characters and plots were predetermined. Games make bad plots. ↗

— Margaret Weis

#characters #games #make #plots #predetermined

I think you have to find the humanity in the character and then the deterioration is a part of the process - the journey of the character. It's like playing King Lear. You can start off as a nice old man who finishes up crazy. ↗

— David Wenham

#crazy #deterioration #find #finishes #humanity

It's how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success. ↗

— Charlotte Whitton

#deal #determines #failure #how #success

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul. ↗

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#control #destiny #determined #fate #firm

One ship drives east and other drives west by the same winds that blow. It's the set of the sails and not the gales that determines the way they go. ↗

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#determines #drives #east #gales #go