Self Determination Quotes

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

Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection.

It's not what you say out of your mouth that determines your life,it's what you whisper to yourself that has the most power!

I see any difficulty as an adventure.

It may take little time to get where you want to be, but if you pause and think for a moment, you will notice that you are no longer where you were. Do not stop - keep going.

Your craft is comprehensive if it represents you.

If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.

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

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.

You cannot change what you are, only what you do.

Bottom line is, even if you see 'em coming, you're not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it does. So what are we, helpless? Puppets? No. The big moments are gonna come. You can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that counts. That's when you find out who you are.

The best way to predict your future is to create it

Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.

The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.

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.")

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.

Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.

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

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.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.