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.

It is not the going out of port but the coming in that determines the success of a voyage.

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world but if they don't play together the club won't be worth a dime.

When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit our lives are all that really belong to us. So it is how we use our lives that determines the kind of men we are.

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.

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

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.

It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.

But once you are in that field emotional intelligence emerges as a much stronger predictor of who will be most successful because it is how we handle ourselves in our relationships that determines how well we do once we are in a given job.

From the described experiment it is clear that the mere act of eating the food even not reaching the stomach determines the stimulation of the gastric glands.

It is the food which you furnish to your mind that determines the whole character of your life.

I love where I'm from. I don't live there because of the circumstances but all my family is there. It's what's inside it's not what's outside that determines the culture and the feeling.

Faith is an act of rational choice which determines us to act as if certain things were true and in the confident expectation that they will prove to be true.

It's how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success.

In all our deeds the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.

Not what we experience but how we perceive what we experience determines our fate.

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.

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.

What we think determines what happens to us so if we want to change our lives we need to stretch our minds.

What we actually learn from any given set of circumstances determines whether we become increasingly powerless or more powerful.

Attitude determines the altitude of life.

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Your actions and your action alone determines your worth.