A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire.
Thomas Merton

Although I still occasionally paint and draw, my life has now been shaped by my writing.
Russell Banks

As individuals, we are shaped by story from the time of birth; we are formed by what we are told by our parents, our teachers, our intimates.
Helen Dunmore

Books stay with me and have shaped me and made huge impacts on my life.
Stephan Jenkins

Everything we feel is made of Time. All the beauties of life are shaped by it.
Peter Shaffer

Fashion is like the ashes left behind by the uniquely shaped flames of the fire, the trace alone revealing that a fire actually took place.
Paul de Man

Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse.
Hannah Arendt

From blood banking to the modern subway, from jazz to social justice, the contributions of African Americans have shaped and molded and influenced our national culture and our national character.
Bill Frist

God made a very obvious choice when he made me voluptuous; why would I go against what he decided for me? My limbs work, so I'm not going to complain about the way my body is shaped.
Drew Barrymore

How it shaped my perception is this: I have become so indelibly identified as a character in pop culture that it has forced me to go deeply within myself to get a very very rock solid sense, to myself, of who I am.
Thomas Wilson

Human sexuality has been regulated and shaped by men to serve men's needs.
Ana Castillo

I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user.
Bill Gates

I was shaped by my mistakes.
Janice Dickinson

Ideology has shaped the very sofa on which I sit.
Mason Cooley

If I had learned more about business ahead of time, I would have been shaped into believing that it was only about finances and quality management.
Anita Roddick

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

It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
Tony Robbins

It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.
Robert Kennedy

It's another myth that dancing distorts or destroys your feet. If you have the right shaped foot to start and a good, strong technique, your feet should be fine.
Deborah Bull

Jamestown changed the world in many ways, but perhaps it shaped our nation most profoundly the day Africans arrived. I can't think of a more relevant place to talk about the issues facing our community today than the place where African culture became American culture.
Tavis Smiley