Quotes about Definition

We can learn to work and speak when we are afraid in the same way we have learned to work and speak when we are tired. For we have been socialized to respect fear more than our own needs for language and definition, and while we wait in silence for that final luxury of fearlessness, the weight of that silence will choke us.

The line between courageous faith and foolish idealism is, almost by definition, one angstrom wide.

Jesus never allowed himself to be defined by the political conflicts of his day, and neither should we.

How do you achieve success? Well, for one thing, you don't define it before you achieve it.

Life is our dictionary.

When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more, nor less.

When I use a word, Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.

The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.

Proverbs 31 is God's definition of Evelyn Roberts.

And this is one of the most crucial definitions for the whole of Christianity; that the opposite of sin is not virtue but faith.

Therefore, it is vital for churches to provide a clear target explaining the attitudes and behaviors of a disciple; you must have a clear definition of disciple.

An infinite question is often destroyed by finite answers...To define everything is to annihilate much that gives us laughter and joy...If I try self consciously to become a person, I will never be one. The most real people, those who are able to forget their selfish selves, who have true compassion, are usually the most distinct individuals