#deter

At an unprecedented time with the worst attack ever on our soil, our President displayed extraordinary determination, leadership and resolve when history was thrust upon him and the United States. ↗

— Olympia Snowe

#determination #displayed #ever #extraordinary #him

I wouldn't approach the issue of judging in the way the president does. Judges can't rely on what's in their heart. They don't determine the law. Congress makes the law. The job of a judge is to apply the law. ↗

— Sonia Sotomayor

#approach #congress #determine #does #heart

I knew people were going to see me see deteriorate before their eyes. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#deteriorate #eyes #going #i #knew

My father was an immigrant who literally walked across Europe to get out of Russia. He fought in World War I. He was wounded in action. My father was a great success even though he never had money. He was a very determined man, a great role model. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#action #determined #europe #even #father

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

#almost #anything #between #determination #distinction

There's a lot of heartache because you don't always win. You need loads of determination. ↗

— Pat Cash

#because #determination #heartache #loads #lot

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

— Alfred Adler

#determined #give #meanings #ourselves #situations

... Nature almost surely operates by combining chance with necessity, randomness with determinism... ↗

— Eric Chaisson

#determinism #nature #necessity #randomness #age

The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#courage #courage-to-be-oneself #independent-thought #lightning #lightning-rod

I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#empowerment #equality #experience #freedom #gender