Top 1200 Definition Of Life Quotes & Sayings - Page 18

Everything about the enterprise, and then by definition the software the enterprise uses has changed?-?just in the last 5 years.

My definition of beauty is simplicity, elegance, and sensuality. I think that when a woman is in harmony with herself and remains true to her values, she will glow naturally.

There is a straight-forward definition for 'Independent Filmmaking'. The term references a group of films that are financed by money that comes from outside the studio system. In a literal sense that is what it means.

An education program is, by definition, a societal program. Work should be done at school, rather than at home.

The closed language does not demonstrate and explain it communicates decision, dictum, command. Where it defines, the definition becomes "separation of good from evil;" it establishes unquestionable

The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style.

The folk music definition has changed in this fast music world and musical styles are blending really quickly.

If "socialism" is defined as "ownership of the means of production"--and this is both the orthodox and the only rigorous definition--then the United States is the first truly Socialist country.

The poet reminds men of their uniqueness and it is not necessary to possess the ultimate definition of this uniqueness. Even to speculate is a gain.

Under capitalism, we can't have democracy by definition. Capitalism is a system in which the central institutions of society are in principle under autocratic control.

I think a Christian definition of the mind should be: an openness to whatever the individual and collective mind reveals to us.

The truth is that even in the information age, information is not enough. if all we needed were ideas and positive thinking, then we all would have had ponies when we were kids and we would all be living our "dream life" now. Action is what unites every great success. Action is what produces results. Knowledge is only potential power until it comes into the hands of someone who knows how to get himself to take effective action. In fact, the literal definition of the word "power" is "the ability to act."

I think we just have to be mindful of what that definition of an American dream is. I think we are faced with a lot of definitions of that that are, frankly, unhealthy.

The common moral framework: Do anything as long as it does no harm to others. Problem: Whose definition of harm?

The will to grow is, in essence, the same phenomenon as love. Genuinely loving people are, by definition, growing people.

A simple definition of prophecy is that it's when we speak forth in merely human - and thus often fallible - words something that the Holy Spirit spontaneously brings to mind.

In the theater, everything is ephemeral. Everything is almost weightless and without a very clear definition of how you made it.

When a man no longer confuses himself with the definition of himself that others have given him, he is at once universal and unique.

Disagreement produces debate but dissent produces dissension. Dissent (which come from the Latin, dis and sentire) means originally to feel apart from others. People who disagree have an argument, but people who dissent have a quarrel. People may disagree and both may count themselves in the majority. But a person who dissents is by definition in a minority. A liberal society thrives on disagreement but is killed by dissension. Disagreement is the life blood of democracy, dissension is its cancer.

To us, the definition of philanthropy is what we spend. A P&L account means expenditure, lines of revenue. There is a surplus; it goes to the balance sheet. A transparent foundation should disclose this.

Success has affected my self-definition in that I have more money. Writers pooh-pooh that idea, but it's a huge deal.

I have kept diaries, of course, but they can't be read for quite a long time. I'm always curious about people who are fascinated by writers' lives. It seems to me that we're always in our books, quite nakedly. I wonder, too, does the private life really matter? Who cares what is known about you and what isn't? Even when you make public something that's been private, most people don't get it - not unless they're the same generation and have gone through more or less the same experiences. So, in a sense, we're all private, by definition.

What is a Fuhrungsspieler? I don't like the term. For me there is not a clear definition of the term.

A recursive definition does not necessarily lead to a recursive process.

There is no final stage in nirvana. Nirvana is beyond definition. It is not quantifiable.

Definition is the companion of clarity; clarity is the guide to your goals.

I know of no better definition of love than the one given by Proust - Love is space and time measured by the heart.

The Liberals may blather about protecting cultural minorities, but the fact is that undermining the traditional definition of marriage is an assault on multiculturalism and the practices in those communities.

It depends how lenient you are with your definition of artist. If you're going to include those who tap dance at the high school recital, then maybe I am.

Life is a song-sing it. Life is a game-play it. Life is a challenge-meet it. Life is a dream-realize it. Life is a sacrifice-offer it. Life is love-enjoy it.

Intellectuals are judged not by their morals, but by the quality of their ideas, which are rarely reducible to simple verdicts of truth or falsity, if only because banalities are by definition accurate.

Though it is fairly easy to describe what constitutes a bad home, there is no simple definition of a good one. Conformity with the traditional pattern certainly is no guarantee of the happiest results.

One definition of eternity is that we are not alone on this planet, that there are those who've gone before and those who will come, and that there is a community of spirits.

I identify as a feminist but subscribe to the pretty basic definition of a feminist as 'someone who seeks equality between the sexes.'

Boredom is a very self-conscious emotion by definition. Interest is not. So you can actually be completely absorbed in something and, at certain points in your development, not even realize that you're into it.

Over time, I have come to this simple definition of leadership: Leadership is getting results in a way that inspires trust.

The Right, much more than the Left, believes in the notion of live and let live, and that is the true definition of tolerance.

When we give a subsidy, the benefits to the public ought to exceed the benefits to the company. When it doesn't, that's our definition of corporate welfare.

A centre of excellence is, by definition, a place where second class people may perform first class work.

By my definition, most art has nothing to do with oil paint or marble. Art is what we're doing when we do our best work.

My definition of success: When your core values and self-concept are in harmony with your daily actions and behaviors.

Life is a song - sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream - realize it. Life is a sacrifice - offer it. Life is love - enjoy it.

I like the theatre because you paint with broad strokes. To me the theatre is stretching its definition really far.

Love is a continual interrogation. I don’t know of a better definition of love.

Well, my definition of a tragedy is a clash between right and right.

The simple definition of evangelism: Those who know, telling those who don't.

For me, there has never been one definition of beauty. I think we all have something to offer and when beauty shines from within, there can be no denying it

If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby American girls turn into American women.

I tell people: if it's in the news, don't worry about it, because by definition, news is something that almost never happens.

That may be the ultimate definition of toughness inside the squared circle - having the will to overcome a serious injury to return to elite status as a main eventer.

Something is born, comes into being, something that did not exist before - which is as good a definition of creativity as we can get.

By definition, the person who learns enough to become the nominee is almost certainly the best person for the general election.

Imagine how much easier it would be for us to learn how to love if we began with a shared definition.

Someone once asked me if I was gay. I said, 'Do you think a three-letter word defines the complexity of my humanity?' I avoid the trap of easy definition.

The conscious mind is easily overwhelmed. The unconscious mind is vast and far more powerful, but by definition we're not aware of it.

I am fully a feminist in this modern definition of the term. It's innate in my work because that's just who I am.

To succeed as a contrarian you must recognize what the crowd believes, have concrete justification for why the majority is wrong, and have the patience and conviction to stick with what is, by definition, an unpopular bet.

What you think about expands. If your thoughts are centered on what's missing, then what's missing, by definition, will have to expand.

Shedding the carapace we have been building so assiduously on the surface, we must by definition give up exactly what we thought was necessary to protect us from further harm.

To test whether you have learned an idea or a definition, rephrase what you just learned without using the new word.