“You have to be determined, and be able to accept, 'No.' I've heard, 'No,' a thousand times, and I've heard, 'Yes,' a handful of times.” AbleAcceptingHeardThousandDeterminedHandful Author:Kenny Wormald
“You know how often the turning down this street or that, the accepting or rejecting of an invitation, may deflect the whole current of our lives into some other channel. Are we mere leaves, fluttered hither and thither by the wind, or are we rather, with every conviction that we are free agents, carried steadily along to a definite and pre-determined end?” KnowsMayEndsWholeAcceptingKnow HowOur LivesStreetsWindMereCurrentsConvictionDeterminedAgentsDefiniteInvitationsRejectingFree Agents Book:Collected Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Delphi Classics) Source: Collected Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Delphi Classics)
“We want the full works of citizenship with no reservations. We will accept nothing less . . . This condition of freedom, equality, and democracy is not the gift of gods. It is the task of men, yes, men, brave men, honest men, determined men.” MenWantAcceptingDemocracyConditionsHonestTasksBraveDeterminedCitizenshipHonest ManGift From GodBrave ManReservationsNo Reservations Author:A. Philip Randolph
“If you accept learning as a dominant determination of your behavior, then all of a sudden you're open to the idea that, for instance, there are other people who are more educated than you about the environment, who you will learn from. It's kind of like you don't even have to believe that you know anything about the environment, but you do have to understand that your behavior has been determined by learning in the past.” PeopleIfsKnowsBelieveKindHas BeensIdeasPastAcceptingEnvironmentLike YouBehaviorDeterminationDeterminedEducatedInstanceDominant Author:Greg Graffin
“Buffaloes are stronger than the lions, but they often fall prey to lions because they hesitate to be courageous and thus run away! Be determined or accept being destroyed!” RunningFallAcceptingStrongerDeterminedDestroyedCourageousLionsRunning AwayPreyBe Courageous Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan