I judge the world by my own lights
and I come by my own hand.
Tags: courage-to-be-oneself self-determination
The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.
Carlos CastanedaTags: happiness self-determination self-reliance
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
Eleanor RooseveltTags: self-determination personal-responsibility
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.
Harvey FiersteinTags: individuality life inspirational self-esteem identity be-yourself self-determination self-expression
I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.
(Popular misquote of "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.")
Tags: inspirational misquote be-yourself self-determination
The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.
Leo F. BuscagliaTags: inspirational be-yourself self-determination
Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.
José SaramagoTags: soul self-determination
I'm worried that students will take their obedient place in society and look to become successful cogs in the wheel - let the wheel spin them around as it wants without taking a look at what they're doing. I'm concerned that students not become passive acceptors of the official doctrine that's handed down to them from the White House, the media, textbooks, teachers and preachers.
Howard ZinnTags: politics society ethics self-determination independence autonomy proactivity complacency
Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
Anne FrankTags: inspirational innocence growing-up self-determination self-responsibility parenting personal-responsibility right-of-passage
Let him who would move the world first move himself.
SocratesTags: change self-determination self-development
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