#determines

The greater the conceptual significance of a literary product, the more it should be assumed that it is based on an idea that determines the whole, and that the deeper consciousness of the time to which it belongs is reflected in it. ↗

— Ferdinand Christian Baur

#based #belongs #conceptual #consciousness #deeper

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

Israel reoccupied the cities of the West Bank by a unilateral action, and reestablished the civil and military occupation by a unilateral action, and it is the one that determines whether or not a Palestinian citizen has the right to reside in any part of the Palestinian Territory. ↗

— Mahmoud Abbas

#any #bank #cities #citizen #civil

Well, marriage doesn't function in the way it used to in terms of deciding our fate, but it's in our heads, and it determines a lot of our actions. Like, right now, if you think about gay marriage - and they just started having the first gay marriages in New York - it shows what a potent idea marriage remains for people. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#actions #deciding #determines #fate #first

Is there one specific source that determines correct morality and everybody should follow that? Or should individuals come up with following that source or not depending on their situation? ↗

— Asghar Farhadi

#correct #depending #determines #everybody #follow

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#ability #capable #determines #doing #how

Attitude determines the altitude of life. ↗

— Edwin Louis Cole

#altitude #determines #life

It is the food which you furnish to your mind that determines the whole character of your life. ↗

— Emmet Fox

#determines #food #furnish #life #mind

The bond between a parent and child is the primary bond, the foundation for the rest of the child's life. The presence or absence of this bond determines much about the child's resiliency and what kind of adult they will grow up to be. ↗

— Jane Fonda

#absence #adult #between #bond #child

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

— Charlotte Whitton

#deal #determines #failure #how #success