“… character reigns preeminent in determining potential.”

“What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?”

“We are all potentially characters in a novel--with the difference that characters in a novel really get to live their lives to the full.”

“Determination, knowledge, and wisdom work in collaboration; determination dominates, for without persistence, knowledge and wisdom never attain their full potential.”

“[Gale and Shapley assumed that each person has] a given ranking [among] potential mates that determines rather than is determined by the equilibrium sorting.”

“In its origins the utility school was strongly influenced by a desire to strengthen the potentially apologetic character of economics.”

“Whatever a man wants badly and persistently enough will determine the man's character.”

“I’ve come to realize that beliefs and values together determine how a company operates and whether it reaches its full potential.”

“The environment does not determine the character of human culture; it merely sets the outer limits.”

“Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.”