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"The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels duty bound to do his share in this defense are the constitutional rights secure."
"Great things are done when men and mountains meet."
"Satyagraha is a relentless search for truth and a determination to search truth."
"I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my Definite Purpose in life, therefore, I demand of myself persistent, continuous action toward its attainment, and I here and now promise to render such action."
"It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods."
"Now it is a funny thing about life. If you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. If you utterly decline to make do with what you can get, then somehow or other, you are very likely to get what you want."
"When people get caught up with that which is right and they are willing to sacrifice for it, there is no stopping point short of victory."
"Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you."
"Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible."
"Observe the life by cause and consequence. Explore the life by wisdom. Treat the life by equality. Complete the life by love."
"Gracie: "Don't give up, Blanche. Women don't do that. Look at Betsy Ross, Martha Washington-they didn't give up. Look at Nina Jones." Blanche Morton: "Nina Jones?" Gracie: "I've never heard of her either, because she gave up.""
"You will have to make up for the smallness of your size by your courage and selfless devotion to duty, for it is not life that matters, but the courage, fortitude and determination you bring to it."
"I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent; curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism, have brought me to my ideas."
"I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse."
"[Religion] attacks us in our deepest integrity - the core of our self-respect. Religion says that we would not know right from wrong, we would not know an evil, wicked act from a decent human act without divine permission, without divine authority or without, even worse, either the fear of a divine punishment or the hope of a divine reward. It strips us of the right to make our own determination, as all humans always have, about what is and what is not a right human action."
"The theory of the determination of wages in a free market is simply a special case of the general theory of value. Wages are the price of labour."
"Today, the United States stands as a beacon of liberty and democratic strength before the community of nations. We are resolved to stand firm against those who would destroy the freedoms we cherish. We are determined to achieve an enduring peace - a peace with liberty and with honor. This determination, this resolve, is the highest tribute we can pay to the many who have fallen in the service of our Nation."
"The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue."
"I believe Success is achieved by ordinary people with Extraordinary Determination."
"O Lord, thou givest us everything, at the price of an effort."
