Quotes About Moments That Define Us

#1. We dream. We aspire. We hope. Sure, we can get down too. But it's not about that. It's not those moments that define us. It's those times when we're looking forward, seeing that brighter future, and acting on it.

Zechariah Barrett

#2. Either define the moment or the moment will define you.

Walt Whitman

#3. There are moments that define our existence, moments that, if we recognize them, become pivotal turning points in our life.

C.W. Gortner

#4. men don't define moments, do they? Moments define the man.

E. Stuart Marlowe

#5. There are certain moments in the history of a nation when the choices made define the decades to come.

George Papandreou

#6. There are so many moments in our life which we cannot describe with mere words. There are not enough adjectives to justify the emotions behind such moments. Those moments are your life- they define who you truly are

Viraj J. Mahajan

#7. Tristan was silent for a few moments, looking at the leaves before them. "Life isn't about the past and the future. It's about today." He paused. "It's about five minutes from now and two seconds ago. It's moments, you know? Not years. Years aren't what define us.

Chelsea Fine

#8. There are moments in life that define us, set us on a new course that we had never even dreamed of. Sometimes those moments begin when an unexpected person finds their voice. Sometimes it begins when we decide to listen." (Chapter 1 of Without a Voice)

Chris Pepple

#9. I never took the fame too seriously. It was a great period in my life, but it doesn't define me. When I think back on the time, I look at it with a wink. I focus on the good moments I had, not that I was on a lot of magazine covers.

Jonathan Taylor Thomas

#10. There are moments in our lives that define the people we will become in the future, like a symptom before an ailment, or the catalyst before the cure.

Brian Joyce

#11. There are no defining moments. There are only your moments to define.

Thomas B. Dowd III

#12. It's hard to define somebody by one movie. I mean, unfortunately, my entire life was basically made by Billy Elliot. It was kind of created by that one catalytic moment.

Jamie Bell

#13. We talk about defining moments, but I think nothing can define you. They're all refining moments. You're constantly refining yourself and refining your life.

Sheryl Crow

#14. There are moments in everyone's life that define the type of person you are, and the person you will become,

Tiffany King

#15. What draws me to roles, I think, are moments - moments that define character, where so much more of the story is told in just a moment - a look, a line, a short scene, but something that speaks a volume, something that speaks to me.

Nathan Fillion

#16. In the life of a child of the elite, there are many moments ripe for a grand celebration. There are birth and the inevitable death.In between,various stages of consciousness define the nature and scale of celebration.

K.J. Kilton

#17. Sometimes the moments that challenge us the most, define us.

Deena Kastor

#18. If I were to ask you for example right now to go back with me and define those moments in your life that shaped you as a person and you began to reexamine them, something would happen.

James Lipton

#19. Life is made of so many moments that mean nothing. Then one day, a single moment comes along to define every second that comes after. Such moments are tests of courage, of strength.

Sabaa Tahir

#20. You do understand that you can't force the situation, but in terms of how you edit, you can define that to take the audience along, whether it be a storyline or a character moment that we can play out. The more experience you've had, the more beneficial it is, period.

Barry Levinson

#21. When a defining moment comes along, you define the moment, or the moment defines you.

Kevin Costner

#22. You know, when you get your first asparagus, or your first acorn squash, or your first really good tomato of the season, those are the moments that define the cook's year. I get more excited by that than anything else.

Mario Batali

#23. It's moments like these that define the true nature of a person. The world seemingly spinning out of control, your mind darting from one issue to another. Instinctual priority takes over. Situations such as these will reveal a man's soul.

Dylan Lee Peters

#24. It's not the failures in our life that define us, it's the moments when we decide that getting back up is all that matters

Joel Brown

#25. Time. Time has a way of standing still during the moments that define one's life.
The first kiss, the birth of one's first child, a paralyzing car accident, hearing of the death of a parent, the last kiss.

Benjamin M. Strozykowski

#26. I've seen extreme bravery from the least likely of people. Life is about the moments when it's all gone wrong. That's when we define ourselves.

Bear Grylls

#27. Time define the sacred day.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#28. In Buddhism we don't really believe in sin and salvation as Westerners would define them. We believe in the limitless possibilities of the present and of future moments.

Frederick Lenz

#29. Define yourself by your best moments, not your worst. Find one thing you did do right today, and focus on that.

Trisha Ashworth

#30. I think most people would struggle to define their whole relationship with just one label - like: my girlfriend, boyfriend, brother, sister, confidantes, whatever - but in those moments, there's true joy in each other.

Rhea Seehorn

#31. There are moments in every relationship that define when two people start to fall in love.

A first glance

A first smile

A first kiss

A first fall ...

Colleen Hoover