"The height of the pinnacle is determined by the breadth of the base."
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"The Ego is partly free. partly determined, and reaches fuller freedom by approaching the Individual who is most free: God."
"So long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long as he is determined not to do it; and consequently so long as it is impossible to him that he should do it."
"Above all, you must maintain a positive mental attitude, looking for the good in every situation, and remain determined to be a completely positive person."
"Those who are determined to be 'offended' will discover a provocation somewhere. We cannot possibly adjust enough to please the fanatics, and it is degrading to make the attempt."
"Everything considered, a determined soul will always manage."
"Everybody is determined by his own experience."
"No peace is impossible when people are determined to achieve it"
"Value is not determined by those who set the price. Value is determined by those who choose to pay it."
"Your future is being determined by you right now, depending on the choices you make."
"The course of our lives is determined by how we react--what we decide and what we do--at the darkest of times. The nature of that response determines a person's true worth and greatness."
"If I hadn't been a determined person I wouldn't have succeeded in life."
"If we can (generate) the right emotion inside of us, we can get ourselves to do anything. If you don’t have the money, but you’re creative and determined enough, you’ll find the way."
"Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had."
"I am determined to control events, not be controlled by them."
"...there was a new voice which you slowly recognized as your own, that kept you company as you strode deeper and deeper into the world, determined to do the only thing you could do -- determined to save the only life you could save."
"There was a time when a man was so convinced that the world was round that he was determined to prove it."
"The Master said, “If your conduct is determined solely by considerations of profit you will arouse great resentment."
"Once a person is determined to help themselves, there is nothing that can stop them."
"There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life."