If enough Americans determine I could do a better job in public office, and Mrs. Nugent and my beloved family agree, there is no limit what I am willing to do for my country.
If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, then tyranny. Legal process is an essential part of the democratic process.
Other people's opinions do not determine your potential.
Your beliefs about yourself and your world create your expectations. Your expectations determine your attitude. Your attitude determines your behavior and the way you relate to other people. And the way you behave toward and relate to other people determines how they relate to and behave toward you.
I grew up in the Baptist Church, and going to church with my father; I remember being 8 years old, trying to determine whether I was really ready to give up sin, and for days I agonized.
If you will not determine to be pure, you will grow more and more impure.
Your habits will determine your quality of life.
Never suffer the prejudice of the eye to determine the heart.
And as in other things, so in men, not the seller, but the buyer determines the Price.
Your attitude towards failure determines your altitude after failure.
Regarding the creative: never assume you're the master, only the student. Your audience will determine if you're masterful.
The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the nation's greatness. But the men who question power make a contribution just as indispensable for they determine whether we use power or power uses us.
Children learn about the nature of the world from their family. They learn about power and about justice, about peace and about compassion within the family. Whether we oppress or liberate our children in our relationships with them will determine whether they grow up to oppress and be oppressed or to liberate and be liberated.
What we do in public determines our reputation; what we do in private determines our character.
The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.
Embracing the fear of freedom, deciding to determine your own path, this is the work of a grownup.
What we think about God-what we think God is like-will determine the relationship we have with God.
What you do daily determines what you become permanently
With every thought we think, we either summon or block a miracle. It is not our circumstances, then, but rather our thoughts about our circumstances, that determine our power to transform them.
Don't let your past determine your destiny.