Defined Quotes

“We are defined by the places we hold in the web of others’ lives.”
― Ken Liu, The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories

“He wanted to say that all this talk of feelings was irrelevant. That
emotions come and go and can't be controlled, so there's no reason to worry about them. That in the end, people should be judged by their actions, since in the end, it was actions that defined everyone.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Last Song

“Penny believed with her whole heart that there were moments - crucial instances - that defined who someone was going to be. There were clues or signs, and you didn't want to miss them.”
― Mary H.K. Choi, Emergency Contact

“In the absence of a formally agreed, worldwide dictionary definition of 'Quotography' (in 2016), here are my two cents worth: 'Quotography is the art of pairing unique quotations with complementary images in order to express thought-provoking ideas, challenging concepts, profound sentiments'.”
― Alex Morritt, Lines & Lenses

“Who you are is too vast to be captured by the reflection of a mirror, classified by the state of your attitude, or categorized by the opinions of others. Therefore, if any of these are defining you, you have yet to be defined.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“We are defined by how we choose to exist. Responsibility towards and contribution to society is part of how we make a difference. Every human being wants to make a difference; one of the ways we might do this is through our contribution to communities .”
― Sameh Elsayed

“We started out fine. Then we got de-fined.
Now we are getting re-fined.”
― Swami Satchidananda

“Who you are should not be defined by your achievements.”
― Bill Courtney, Against the Grain: A Coach's Wisdom on Character, Faith, Family, and Love

“Everything is predefined.”
― Allan Bridjith

“A type of love that never demands to be defined.”
― Nitya Prakash

“A number system that ends undefined is not well defined, the mathematics”
― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“Artistic creation—in summary—is the desire not to forget”
― Charlotte M. Bridwell

“When I first met you, you seemed easily categorized, Lux. Like one of my herbs. 'Nettles: a remedy for night sweats, fatigue, and releasing excess mucus.' I like things to be defined. It calms me, brings order to my life. So on your first visit, I thought, 'Lux Lysander: flighty, scared, we'll never see her again.' On your second visit, I thought, 'Sweet, a bit of a dreamer.' And now, on your third visit, it's clear I have to recalibrate once again."
She nodded briskly. "Intuitive, honest, clear-thinking, and loyal."
I looked at her openmouthed, letting the praise sink in. Each adjective was like a little firework burst, spreading its fingers of heat over the surface of my skin.
"I'm not done," she said. "Compassionate, resourceful, intelligent."
My eyes welled up.
"Worthy," she finished.
I swallowed the lump in my throat. "I thought I'd lost those parts of me."
"Nothing is ever lost," said Martha. "Only forgotten. All that's needed is one person who remembers, one person who realizes it is still there."
The door to a long-abandoned room inside me that I hadn't even known existed until this minute began to open. Sweet, fresh air poured in.”
― Melanie Gideon, Valley of the Moon

“To let myself be defined by my greatest mistakes is my greatest mistake.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Far too much of my life is defined by ‘ready, fire, aim,’ which explains why my target has no holes in it.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Altitude sickness is a poorly defined sickness.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“Now I was defined by the only One who could ascribe definite, concrete, objective value to an object, the only One whose opinion wasn’t subjective and fleeting, the only One whose existence wasn’t slowly passing away, and the only One who wouldn’t ever let me down. His words had always been true; the only difference was that now I trusted them enough to build my life on them.”
― Michael J Heil, Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose

“Too often the race is defined by those who aren’t even running it.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Clever, but schoolteacher beat him anyway to show him that definitions belonged to the definers-not the defined”
― Toni Morrison, Beloved