Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom and perhaps more malice than either that women are naturally incapable of acting prudently or that they are necessarily determined to folly I must by no means grant it.

Excellence then is a state concerned with choice lying in a mean relative to us this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it.

I might have been born in a hovel but I am determined to travel with the wind and the stars.

I was always very determined and ambitious and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.

I am most thankful to Almighty Providence for mercies received and determined still to press the case into public notice as a token of gratitude.

The bottom line is how do we best provide for the security of the traveling public in light of a determined enemy who is adept at constructing well-designed well-concealed devices which would not show up in a walk-through metal detector? We're trying to employ the best technology to identify any possible threat.

Look at countries like China they are determined to dominate all clean technology areas putting lots of money into wind solar electric vehicles and battery storage. America's political impotence caused by their terrible partisanship will see them left behind.

A good teacher is a determined person.

I used to think that losing made you more hungry and determined but after my success at the Olympics and the U.S. Open I realise that winning is the biggest motivation.

People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.

If there's no fire there's no scream. If there's no scream then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it.

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.

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

The path to success is to take massive determined action.

Success is the progressive realization of predetermined worthwhile personal goals.

If a weakly mortal is to do anything in the world besides eat the bread thereof there must be a determined subordination of the whole nature to the one aim no trifling with time which is passing with strength which is only too limited.

I come from hardworking determined people on both sides of my family... the kind who live with a hard reality from which much strength comes.

There's a feeling that strength is determined by the size of a union. That clearly is nonsense.

A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done.

I come from a line of self-motivated determined folk - not grand not high society but no-nonsense family-minded go-getters.

I wanted to be an actress. In college I was a serious feminist and very political. I was determined to get one thing out of my career and that was respect. I didn't want money. I didn't care about fame.

If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore respect every musician in his proper place.

I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion if they can find out what it is.

What this power is I cannot say all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.