#termination

To prove to [her friend, Swedish diplomat Count] Gyllenborg that she was not superficial, Catherine composed an essay about herself, "so that he would see whether I knew myself or not." The next day, she wrote and handed to Gyllenborg an essay titled 'Portrait of a Fifteen-Year-Old Philosopher.' He was impressed and returned it with a dozen pages of comments, mostly favorable. "I read his remarks again and again, many times [Catherine later recalled in her memoirs]. I impressed them on my consciousness and resolved to follow his advice. In addition, there was something else surprising: one day, while conversing with me, he allowed the following sentence to slip out: 'What a pity that you will marry! I wanted to find out what he meant, but he would not tell me. ↗

— Robert K. Massie

#coming-of-age #independence #intelligence #marriage #matrimony

It might have been my human side clamoring for blood, or my alien side looking for a chance to exercise strategic dominance over a lesser life form. Either way, I was going to win. ↗

— Stacey Kade

#ariane #determination #human #life-form #win

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

— Charles Baxter

#discovery #fiction #mystery #overdetermination #perfection

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough. ↗

— Og Mandino

#determination #enough #failure #me #never

The women of the Senate are like the U.S. Olympic team: we come in different sizes, but we sure are united in our determination to do the best for our country! ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#come #country #determination #different #like

They say love will find a way. I know determination will. ↗

— Ronnie Milsap

#find #i #know #love #say

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

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

Never let haters 'still' your flow. They can only do so with your permission. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#control #determination #hate #influence #permission

To be able to live each day with honor, respect and dignity is the greatest achievement of all. ↗

— Roopleen

#courage #determination #goals #inspiration #inspire