“Cyprus was a breath away from economic collapse. It was a big battle in which we came out wounded, but upright and determined to make a fresh start.” BigsEconomicBattleBreathsDeterminedCollapseWoundedFresh StartCyprusEconomic Collapse Author:Nicos Anastasiades
“The elements which determine the make of any particular sermon are three; the preacher, the material, and the audience; just as the character of any battle is determined by three elements; the gun (including the gunner), the ammunition, and the fortress against which the attack is made.” MadeCharacterThreeAudienceParticularMaterialsBattleElementsGunIncludingDetermineDeterminedPreacherSermonsFortressesAmmunitionGunners Book:The Joy of Preaching Source: The Joy of Preaching
“The selection of a subject is to the author what choice of position is to the general,--once skilfully determined, the battle is already half won. Of a few writers it may be said that they are popular in despite of their subjects--but of a great many more it may be observed that they are popular because of them.” MaySaidChoicesLiteratureHalfSubjectsPositionBattleDeterminedDespiteGreat MenSelection Book:Intuitions and Summaries of Thought Source: Intuitions and Summaries of Thought
“Life is a hard battle anyway. If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it makes it all go easier. I will not allow my life's light to be determined by the darkness around me.” IfsLittlesHardLightLife IsFightingDarknessLaughingEasierBattleDeterminationDeterminedActivismGood FightFight The Good Fight Author:Sojourner Truth
“The Battle of Waterloo is a work of art with tension and drama with its unceasing change from hope to fear and back again, changewhich suddenly dissolves into a moment of extreme catastrophe, a model tragedy because the fate of Europe was determined within this individual fate.” ArtMomentsIndividualHistoryFateDramaBattleModelsEuropeTragedyExtremesDeterminedTensionWorks Of ArtCatastropheBack AgainWaterloo Author:Stefan Zweig
“Determined secularists view these as residual inconsistencies that they have not yet go around to extirpating and that may not be worth bothering about... Form the secularist perspective it may be that the essential battles have been won and excessive zeal in pressing a final mopping-up operation might only excited further public hostility.” MayHas BeensMightChristianFormReligiousViewsPerspectiveBattleEssentialsFinalsExcitedDeterminedBotherOperationsHostilityZealInconsistencyResidualMoppingMopping Up Author:Richard John Neuhaus
“To be a great offensive rebounder, you have to think like a defensive rebounder and battle for position while also being in the flow of your offense. And then it's just being determined.” ThinkingPositionBattleFlowDeterminedJust BeingOffensiveOffense Author:Moses Malone
“As the years have gone on and you start to know your character better than some of the writers and directors do, you get a little bit more of a world in which you can say, "I think it would be really great, if this year, her fate wasn't determined by the boys," or that kind of thing. You have to pick your battles and make sure that you've earned the right to talk about that.” ThinkingWorldKindCharacterBoysFateBattleDeterminedReally Great Author:Deborah Ann Woll
“There is genius in persistence. It conquers all opposers. It gives confidence. It annihilates obstacles. Everybody believes in a determined man. People know that when he undertakes a thing, the battle is half won, for his rule is to accomplish whatever he sets out to do.” PeopleKnowsMenGivingBelieveHalfConfidenceGeniusBattleAdversityPerseveranceObstaclesAccomplishDeterminedConquerPersistencePerserveranceGreat PerseveranceGreatest ObstaclesAdversity And PerseveranceOpposers Author:Orison Swett Marden