Top 89 Quotes About What Defines You
#1. You can't avoid pain in life. It's how you handle pain, that's what defines you.
Marc Maron
#2. I sighed. "Now what do I do?" He leaned against my wall. "What do you want to do?" "Since when has that mattered?" "It's always mattered. It doesn't mean you'll get what you want, but what you want always matters. That's what defines you.
Richard Paul Evans
#3. The bottom line is, what defines you isn't how many times you crash, but the number of times you get back on the bike. As long as it's one more. you're all good.
Sarah Dessen
#4. I'm not saying that being gay is what defines me, but at the same time, if you feel like you have to hide it, then it becomes what defines you. You keep it hidden, and the secret becomes you.
Alan Ball
#5. When your job is what defines you, when that is the be-all and end-all of your existence, what does a fake smile and a sallow look matter. You have to save your job to keep body and soul together, don't you?
Andy Paula
#6. It's not about how you are when things go well, what defines you is how you are when you fail from an obstacle.
Georges St-Pierre
#7. My best life lessons and education didn't come from a classroom - they've come from the wild. How you act in the big moments, the ones that challenge you, scare you, tempt you, and force you to make the right decisions, is what defines you.
Bear Grylls
#8. It all counts,' Adam said again. 'And the bottom line is, what defines you isn't how many times you crash, but the number of times you get back on the bike. As long as it's one more, you're all good.-pg 325 Along for the Ride
Sarah Dessen
#9. Everyone is going to face challenges. What defines you is how you overcome those.
J. R. Celski
#10. I never know what defines you as being posh. I went to a posh school, definitely.
Jack Whitehall
#11. It's not all been rosy; I've had difficult situations where I've failed. But when you fail you learn a lot about yourself and come back stronger. The message is: life need not have limits. Having an opportunity in life is important but what defines you is what you do with that opportunity.
Richard Whitehead
#12. Think of yourself as a brand. You need to be remembered. What will they remember you for? What defines you? If you have it in you, do something that defines you. Invent something, develop a unique skill, get noticed for something - it creates a talking point.
Chris Arnold
#13. What defines you isn't how many times you crash but the number of times you get back.
Sarah Dessen
#14. You are you because you love the way the world looks through your camera. You are you because of the way you love your friends and family. Not because some scar is on your body. That's a part of your history and what helps form what you believe in. not what defines you.
A.M. Willard
#15. Choice, what people really want, is the most important thing. Choosing the life you want, making your own choices-that is what defines you as human.
Megan Frampton
#16. What defines you as a person is not the life you were born in to, but what you made of it.
Shahid Kapoor
#17. I know I've been lucky. But it's what you do with that luck afterwards that really defines whether you stick around.
Zac Efron
#18. There's so many things that people do on a daily basis that they do as a way of defining who they are. But really, what defines who you are is when circumstances push you to the edge.
Aisha Hinds
#19. I wanted to think about our creation myth; you know, what is the fundamental story that defines America. And it certainly is the West.
Philipp Meyer
#20. Memory is identity ... You are what you have done; what you have done is in your memory; what you remember defines who you are; when you forget your life you cease to be, even before your death.
Julian Barnes
#21. What defines greatness is when you hold all the records and what you mean to your fans, on and off the field, because that is who ranks you as the greatest receiver of all-time. The guy that holds all the records, the guy that has set the stage for all of us, you have to give it to Jerry Rice.
Donald Driver
#23. Your courage to take a risk and your ability to accept responsibility will define you.
Debasish Mridha
#24. What you love, you pursue. What you pursue defines you.
Unknown
#25. This is America - you're allowed to say and do what you want and what you say and do defines who you are as a person.
Lee DeWyze
#26. I'll tell you what I think defines greatness. The ability and willingness to perform in extraordinary ways.
William Kent Krueger
#27. It's not what you say, but what you do that defines your individuality
Shayan Italia
#28. Not clothes, but what kind of accessories you spend your money on defines your class.
Sarvesh Jain
#29. If you can't test it, it's not theorics
it's metatheorics. A branch of philosophy. So, if you want to think of it this way, our test equipment is what defines the boundary separating theorics from philosophy.
Neal Stephenson
#30. Unfortunately, as far as the music is concerned, what defines relevance is whether you are on the radio or whether you are on the cover of a magazine or whether you're winning MTV awards, and so on and so forth.
Larry Mullen Jr.
#31. Music is shared. It's a shared feeling; that's what music is all about. When you listen to a song with someone else, it becomes more than just a song. It defines relationships.
Tom Odell
#32. Knowing your purpose simplifies your life. It defines what you do and what you don't do. Your purpose becomes the standard you use to evaluate which activities are essential and which aren't. You simply ask, "Does this activity help me fulfill one of God's purposes for my life?
Rick Warren
#33. Life experience is what defines our character, even if it means getting your heart broken or being lied to. You know, you need the downs to appreciate the ups. Going on the adventure or taking that risk is important.
Nev Schulman
#34. You are what you do. That's what I'm trying to tell you. What we do defines us. However we behave, conduct our lives ... that's real. The rest is a story for publication.
Catherine Ryan Hyde
#35. What matters isn't what you are, it's who you are, right now, in this moment. What matters are the choices we make. That's what defines us. Nothing else.
Nicholas Kaufmann
#36. What you want to be defines what you become.
Ron Kaufman
#37. Remember: it is not about what happens to you, but what you choose to DO WITH what happens to you that truly defines who you are.
Alexandra Silber
#38. You tell yourself that noise is what defines silence. Without noise, silence would not be golden. Noise is the exception. Think of deep outer space, the incredible cold and quiet where your wife and kid wait. Silence, not heaven, would be reward enough.
Chuck Palahniuk
#39. It is not who you are underneath but it is what underwear you wear and what you do that defines you
Bruce Wayne
#40. HIV is not what defines me. You get that? It is not what defines me. I am not my disease. I am a human being. A guy
J.H. Trumble
#41. What you do with your time alive defines you, Reader, but hear me, I beg you, when I say that you are not done being defined.
Daniel Kraus
#42. What matters to you defines your mattering.
John Green
#43. To me, what defines a New Yorker is the edge that one develops from having actually lived here. Once you have it, it doesn't go away, and everywhere else in the world feels like it is in slow motion.
Donald Trump Jr.
#44. Lucy said, The law is an adversarial contest that defines justice as staying within the rules and seeing the game to its conclusion. Justice is reaching a conclusion. It has very little to do with right and wrong. The law gives us order. Only men and women can give us what you want to call justice.
Robert Crais
#45. When you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning, remember that your defining characteristic-what defines a human being-is to work with others.
Marcus Aurelius
#46. I've always had a philosophy that position doesn't define power. Impact defines power. What impact are you making on people? What impact are you making on business?
Mindy Grossman
#47. Ego, Identity and Self - the 3 concepts of one's creation that defines them entirely. Have an Ego, for without one, there is nothing but self-doubt. Have an Identity, for without one, there is nothing but an empty shell. Understand your 'Self,' for if you don't, then who or what are you?
Lionel Suggs
#48. Beauty is important, but who you are in your heart defines you better.
Debasish Mridha
#49. Here's the bottom line: I can't play someone if I can't figure out what he cares about. Everybody cares about something, even a rough character. It defines where we step in life. As soon as you find out what somebody cares about, then it all gets real.
William Fichtner
#50. It's not what you take but what you leave behind that defines greatness.
Edward Gardner
#51. Talent just defines what you do," he said. "It doesn't define what you are. Deep down, I mean. When you know what you are, you can do anything.
Terry Pratchett
#52. I don't admire how much a person has, I admire what a person does with what they have and I think that defines you most.
Aeriel Miranda
#54. Do one heroic thing today; big or small doesn't matter because it defines who you are and what you really believe
Bob Goff
#55. A man's presence suggests what he is capable of doing to you or for you. By contrast, a woman's presence ... defines what can and cannot be done to her.
John Berger
#56. 'Iron' Mike Tyson is the last boxer who was truly embraced by the media. They followed him around. You didn't know what he was going to do next: bite you, cut you, fight you. When you think about it, that defines him - it was an exciting adventure.
George Foreman
#57. What defines someone's music taste is their teens and early 20s. It's that combination of your sexual awakening and the music of the time, it fixes you forever.
Ken Livingstone
#58. What you invest your time in defines who you are.
Todd Duncan
#59. Look at a guy like Ian McKellen, who is eighty or whatever, and he's just loving his work, and you can see that in the work. That defines what type of actor you are. And what kind of people want to work with you. And whether you can do this job for a long, long time.
Jason Clarke
#60. My parents always put more of an emphasis on who I was as opposed to what I achieved. They were never like, "You won that! You did this!" It was all about, "You've got a good heart. You're a good friend. You're a good daughter." So that other stuff in no way defines my sense of self.
Emma Stone
#62. It is not who you are underneath; it is what you do that defines you
David S.Goyer
#63. What I've found is that country doesn't refer to where you grew up as much as where your heart grows down, where it takes root. Country is a state of mind. I believe what ultimately defines being country is simple: a loving heart, a helping hand, an open mind, poor in spirit.
Clay Walker
#64. Human beings by their very nature are worshipers. Worship is not something we do; it defines who we are. You cannot divide human beings into those who worship and those who don't. Everybody worships; it's just a matter of what, or whom, we serve.
Paul David Tripp
#65. What we read and why we do so defines us in a profound way. You are what you read, I suppose. Browsing through someone's library is like peeking into their DNA
Guillermo Del Toro
#66. You don't have a monopoly on pain or loss. It's a level playing field - we all lose - we all grieve. It's what remains afterwards that defines us. Guilt is the poison we pump into our own veins. It's self-inflicted torture.
R.W. Patterson
#67. Nobody can tell you what to do. No matter what they pay you. No matter what obligations you feel you owe them. Every second defines you. Be who you are, not who anyone else is, or who anyone else wants you to be.
James Altucher
#68. It's not who you are underneath, its what you do that defines you.
David S.Goyer
#69. What you've done isn't the only thing that defines who you are. Words are just as powerful as action. They can aspire action in others, can't they?
Erica Crouch
#70. In my career I defined myself by my music, and the danger is that one defines oneself based on popularity. As you know, that goes up and down, and you can't judge how you feel about yourself based on what your sales is.
Kenny Loggins
#71. Excellence isn't about meeting the spec, it's about setting the spec. It defines what the consumer sees as quality right this minute, and tomorrow, if you're good, you'll reset that expectation again
Seth Godin
#72. The thing about sports, at least for guys, is that nobody ever defines the rules, not even in gym class. Asking what a penalty means is like asking who Jesus was. It's one of those things you're just supposed to know, and if you don't, there's something seriously wrong with you.
David Sedaris
#73. The dictionary defines pride as "pleasure or satisfaction in one's work or achievement." According to that definition a person needs to do something before you can be proud of them. You could not be proud of them simply for who they are. I'm not sure I know what pride in another person feels like.
Francisco X Stork
#74. Where you are defines what you're interested in.
Evan Williams
#75. I don't think that incident necessarily defines you as bad. I think it makes you human. And I believe you would have stopped yourself. I think that's what makes a person good. Not that you make mistakes, but that you recognize them. You feel remorse for them. You want to correct them and do better.
Veronica Rossi
#76. Goodness - what defines a good person. Keep to it in everything you do.
Marcus Aurelius
#77. What you do without expectations defines your success.
Debasish Mridha
#78. It's not what power you have. It's what you do with the power you have that defines you. We all have power. What's yours?
R.S.J. Gregory
#79. It's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. That's what defines your career.
Carlton Fisk
#80. The most fundamental thing about a person is desire. It defines them. Tell me what a person wants, truly wants, and I'll tell you who they are, and how to persuade them.
Max Barry
#81. I know what you are, but I also know who you are too. And the 'who' is the part that defines us.
Amalie Howard
#82. How often you impress people when you have nothing and how often you oppress them when you have everything is what defines your real character!
Israelmore Ayivor
#83. It's very easy to leave when things go wrong, but to stick around and to basically give life to a town because of everything that it gave you generation after generation after generation, that to me is what defines a true American.
Christian Bale
#84. Life ... Isn't a roller coaster, it isn't unexpected or surprising. It's not a free ticket to go along for the ride ... Simply put, Life is life. Its who you are, what you do that defines you and your life, so choose ... but choose wisely, because life is here to stay ...
Bilal Hussain
#85. Once you embrace that WHO you are defines you, you can conquer the world. What matters is what's in your heart, what your goals are and what kind of life you want to lead.
Shantel VanSanten
#86. Remember that, as George Whitefield said, man is immortal till his work is done (though God alone defines the work), and get on with what you know to be God's task for you here and now.
J.I. Packer
#87. Postponing happiness until "all your ducks are in order" means never because life is not that clean, fair or predictable. It isn't what happens to you that defines your life, it is what you do with it that does.
Laura C. Schlessinger
#88. The first quote that goes through your mind is what you have been conditioned to think. What you think next defines who you are.
Anonymous
#89. To me, it's all about saying "thank you" before you open the gift box. At times, the gift wrap is so beautiful, all I want to do is admire the craftsmanship before very carefully pulling back the tape to see what's inside. I think that pretty much defines how I see people in general.
Jes Fuhrmann
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