Self Determination Quotes

"We start to die when we no longer have the power to choose" "We have the ability to shape our own destiny" "A man’s own judgment should be the final appeal in all that relates to himself" "When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit that our lives are all that really belong to us. So it is how we use our lives that determines what kind of men we are" "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them." "Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her but once they are in hand he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game" "Power is not given to you. You have to take it." "Your self-worth is determined by you. You don't have to depend on someone telling you who you are." "We write our lives indeed, but our efforts are spent making those lives livable" "Success isn't something that happens to you; it happens because of you" "Despite everything, no one can dictate who you are to other people" "Whenever people ask me what I'd most like to change about the white working class, I say, "The feeling that our choices don't matter" "Be the designer of your world and not merely the consumer of it." "I am a feminist, and what that means to me is to not be afraid of making decisions that affect my own life." "Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you"