69 Quotes Tagged: self-determination

Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.

"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 will be treated."

Don't wish to be normal. Wish to be yourself. To the hilt. Find out what you're best at, and develop it, and hopscotch your weaknesses. Wish to be great at whatever you are.

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

Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

I'll fight when needed, revel when there's an occasion, mourn when there is grief and die if my time comes...But I will not let anyone use me against my will.

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

Fate is unalterable only in the sense that given a cause, a certain result must follow, but no cause is inevitable in itself, and man can shape his world if he does not resign himself to ignorance.

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.

You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!

Free will is an illusion. Our wills are simply not of our own making.

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.

We are only here for a little while, and our bodies belong to ourselves and no one else.

Freedom is what we do with what is done to us.

The best way to predict your future is to create it.