The first step toward happiness is to determine to be happy.
What you do when no one else is looking will determine how good you'll be.
History. Language. Passion. Custom. All these things determine what men say, think, and do. These are the hidden puppet-strings from which all men hang.
It is not what is happening to you but rather what is happening in you that determines whether you succeed or fail.
Your eyes must not determine what you see. pay attention.
The scientist is not responsible for the laws of nature. It is his job to find out how these laws operate. It is the scientist's job to find the ways in which these laws can serve the human will. However, it is not the scientist's job to determine whether a hydrogen bomb should be constructed, whether it should be used, or how it should be used. This responsibility rests with the American people and with their chosen representatives.
Never suffer the prejudice of the eye to determine the heart.
War determines not who is right but who is left.
It is how we choose what we do, and how we approach it, that will determine whether the sum of our days adds up to a formless blur, or to something resembling a work of art.
It is not easy to determine the nature of music, or why any one should have a knowledge of it.
Art does not, like science, set forth a permanent order of nature, the enduring skeleton of law. Two factors primarily determine its works: one is the idea in the mind of the artist, the other is his power of expression; and both these factors are extremely variable.
Golf is not a wrestle with Bogey; it is not a struggle with your mortal foe; it is a physiological, psychological and moral fight with your self; it is a test of mastery over self; and the ultimate and irreducible element of the game is to determine which of the players is the more worthy combatant.
Make a list of your friends and determine who is the most positive thinker among them and deliberately cultivate his society.
Biological sex should not determine what we are capable of, what we aspire to, what we do in our life.
Values determine behavior; Principles determine the consequences of behavior.
Death does determine life.
Only those who would be called upon to risk their lives for their country should have the privilege of voting to determine whether the nation should go to war.
We do not determine right or wrong based on what everybody else is doing.
Churches should evaluate everything they do to determine how it can be done better.
Circumstances do not determine state of being; state of being determines circumstances.