Top Self Determination Quotes

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.

It's a tiring game resenting the scars and the fearful memories.

I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you hav...

I told you in the course of this paper that Shakespeare had a sister; but do not look for her in 's of the poet. She died young--alas, she never wrote a word. She lies buried where the omnibuses now...

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.)

There are certain phrases potent to make my blood boil -- improper influence! What old woman's cackle is that?Are you a young lady?I am a thousand times better: I am an honest woman, and as such I wil...

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

I am not an angel, I asserted; and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself.

You have 100% control over yourself, and your life. It is up to you to stop giving your power away, and to decide what you want to be, do, or have...and go after it.

The most difficult adversary I have ever faced happens to look just like me.

In the end there is nothing to be done but to state clearly what has been done, without shame or regret, and say: Here I am, and this is what I am. Now deal with me as you see fit. That is your right....

What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them.

Yes, faith; it is my cousin's duty to make curtsy and say 'Father, as it please you.' But yet for all that, cousin, let him be a handsome fellow, or else make another curtsy and say 'Father, as it ple...

I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.

A restless human heart always seeks to increase personal understanding and works to attain excellence.

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.

If [God] send me no husband, for the which blessing I am at him upon my knees every morning and evening ...

Always listen to yourself... It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention.

The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.