A text of Tibetan Buddhism describes the time of death as a unique opportunity for spiritual liberation from the cycles of death and rebirth and a period that determines our next incarnation.
Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.
It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.
Money often determines not only who gets elected, but what gets done. Which voices do lawmakers listen to, the banks or home owners, coal companies, or asthma sufferers, the CEOs or the unemployed?
One ship drives east and other drives west by the same winds that blow. It's the set of the sails and not the gales that determines the way they go.
It is really your behaviour that determines whether you're a patriot.
I'm not maximized yet.
Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.
What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.
There is a shop close to where I live, outside which, on certain nights of the month - I've no idea if the transit of the moon determines precisely when - fans of designer skateboards queue from early evening in order - well in order, I presume - to be among the first to jump on a skateboard when the shop opens in the morning.
Chance determines our lives in important ways.
No part of the world can be truly understood without a knowledge of its garment of vegetation, for this determines not only the nature of the animal inhabitants but also the occupations of the majority of human beings.
The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.
I do not believe that the colour of one's skin determines whether you are disadvantaged.
It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.
The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or its equivalent.
Every person has free choice. Free to obey or disobey the Natural Laws. Your choice determines the consequences.
Well, marriage doesn't function in the way it used to in terms of deciding our fate, but it's in our heads, and it determines a lot of our actions. Like, right now, if you think about gay marriage - and they just started having the first gay marriages in New York - it shows what a potent idea marriage remains for people.
It's learning how to negotiate to keep both sides happy - whether it's for a multi-million dollar contract or just which show to watch on TV, that determines the quality and enjoyment of our lives.
The information encoded in your DNA determines your unique biological characteristics, such as sex, eye color, age and Social Security number.
Israel reoccupied the cities of the West Bank by a unilateral action, and reestablished the civil and military occupation by a unilateral action, and it is the one that determines whether or not a Palestinian citizen has the right to reside in any part of the Palestinian Territory.
Heart is what drives us and determines our fate. That is what I need for my characters in my books: a passionate heart. I need mavericks, dissidents, adventurers, outsiders and rebels, who ask questions, bend the rules and take risks.
Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us.
No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.
A good bassist determines the direction of any band.
Technology determines the possibilities of society. It doesn't matter whether you start out from a fascist state or a communist state or a free-market state.
Conservatives have a different view of a lot of issues versus our friends on the other side. The election determines how that shakes out.
Our self image, strongly held, essentially determines what we become.
We believe a renewed commitment to limited government will unshackle our economy and create millions of new jobs and opportunities for all people, of every background, to succeed and prosper. Under this approach, the spirit of initiative - not political clout - determines who succeeds.
It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.
I don't believe in ring rust. I used to believe in ring rust, but I talked to my buddy Dominic Cruz, who's a bantamweight, and he basically said it's a mindset. What you do in between in your time off determines how you're going to look when you come in there.
What we do during our working hours determines what we have; what we do in our leisure hours determines what we are.
The human race is evolving to the realization that what is happening on the level of consciousness both precedes and determines what happens in the world.
He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determines the end.
One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.
