I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.
Charlotte BrontëTags: individuality empowerment self-esteem solitude ataraxy self-respect self-determination self-reliance self-assurance independence self-awareness defiance self-trust self-sufficiency self-containment
The little things, I can obey. The big things—how we think, what we value—those you must choose yourself. You can't let anyone—or any society—determine those for you.
Mitch AlbomTags: be-yourself self-determination
A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most.
George Bernard ShawTags: humanity conscience self-determination good-and-evil native-americans
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
Ralph Waldo EmersonTags: self-determination destiny
I am not wrong: Wrong is not my name
My name is my own my own my own
and I can’t tell you who the hell set things up like this
but I can tell you that from now on my resistance
my simple and daily and nightly self-determination
may very well cost you your life
Tags: poetry poem self-determination a-poem-about-my-rights
I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.
Groucho MarxTags: happiness carpe-diem live-in-the-moment self-determination
Best be yourself, imperial, plain, and true.
Robert BrowningTags: be-yourself self-determination
It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men.
Mary WollstonecraftTags: empowerment gender women morality freedom virtue feminism self-determination misogyny hypocrisy independence double-standards social-norms
Oh the places you'll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that ball will make you the winning-est winner of all.
Dr. SeussTags: life inspirational self-determination self-reliance anticipation
They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.
Mahatma GandhiTags: self-respect self-determination
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