The phrase "a personal determination" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to an individual's decision or resolution regarding a specific matter or goal.
Example: "After much reflection, she made a personal determination to pursue her dreams despite the challenges ahead."
Alternatives: "a personal decision" or "an individual resolution".
He also intensified his critique of socialism for promoting heteronomy and dependency rather than personal initiative and self-determination, and for appealing to the existing, discredited absolutist state for the redress of social grievances, rather than opposing this state with unbending resolution.
The new designation, they argue, still presents a requirement rather than a choice; they want the determination to be a personal decision, not the result of doctors making judgments on the basis of observed physical characteristics.
It's a love story and a tale of personal determination and courage.
Shackleton, whose expedition had the good fortune of being vividly documented by the photographer Frank Hurley, has seen his reputation soar in recent years -- from an overambitious explorer who led a botched attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent, to an admirable leader whose personal determination and courage saved the lives of all the men in his charge.
Ingeniously, Coogler has transformed "Rocky"—the modern cinematic myth that, perhaps more than any other, endures as a modern capitalist Horatio Alger story of personal determination and sheer will into a vision of community and opportunity, connections and social capital, family and money.
Ingeniously, Coogler has transformed "Rocky" — the modern cinematic myth that, perhaps more than any other, endures as a modern capitalist Horatio Alger story of personal determination and sheer will — into a vision of community and opportunity, connections and social capital, family and money.
Herodotus tried to get the best information available, Kapuscinski notes, "and, given the epoch, this speaks to a tremendous expenditure of effort and to great personal determination...
It was only struck by an ambitious agreement to give countries different timescales to phase them out, alongside major chemical and big food companies accepting change, the personal determination of the US secretary of state, John Kerry, to get a deal before the election and developing countries agreeing to invest heavily in new technologies.
That took strategic vision, political ruthlessness and personal determination.
Obama underlined his personal determination to see the euro crisis solved after talks on Sunday morning with Merkel.
