Quotes on “self-determination”

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

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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.

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.")

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.

Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others ... Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.

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

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

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

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.

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.