Self Determination Quotes

In yourself right now is all the place you've got.

The day you ever have that much control over my behavior, it will be because somebody's asking you, should she get the pine box or a plain white shroud?

Life presents innumerable possibilities for love, friendship, compassion, and self-fulfillment, but we must be willing to give in order to receive. Persistence, sacrifice, a quest for knowledge, along with acquaintance with our true self is essential in order to achieve our dreams. Panic, fear, worry, doubt, anger, and a negative attitude are the biggest impediments to self-realization. The most important battle we undertake in life is not with other people; rather it takes place in the human mind.

Fight for what you want. Never allow anything to distract you.

We become what we want to be by consistently being what we want to become each day.

A noble journey through the travails of time calls for a person to disregard conventional social, cultural, and moral contexts and strive to cleave a personal meaning that guides their existence.

I will finish what I have began.

Control Your Own Destiny or Someone Else Will

You must seek the divinity within with all your heart, soul and mind.

Positive thinking is powerful thinking. If you want happiness, fulfillment, success and inner peace, start thinking you have the power to achieve those things. Focus on the bright side of life and expect positive results.

Base your self-esteem on truth.

I'm single because I was born that way.

He loved me and didn't want me hurt. What was worse, he didn't even understand that I had the right to be hurt.

Freedom is will-power to define my path.

You possess a great soul, awaken the spirit.

Find the will power and begin to chase your dreams.

Change is essential for survival. All life forms must adapt to their fluctuating circumstances. All form of life result from the process of variation, mutation, competition, and inheritance. The universe is in a constant state of chaos. We each have chaos implanted into our bones. Nature wires all of us for change.

...wanting change is step one, but step two is taking it.

A man don't always have to eat what he's standing life. If he wants, a man can fix a meal of his own choosing.

In the race of life, what matters is to complete your race.

Explore the infinite possibilities in existence.

Enjoy the times of plentiful and endure the times of scarcity.

And now, the end is near,And so I face the final curtain.My friend, I'll say it clear,I'll state my case, of which I'm certain.I've lived a life that's full.I've traveled each and every highway;And more, much more than this,I did it my way.

Is it better to work out consciously and critically one's own conception of the world and thus, in connection with the labours of one's own brain, choose one's sphere of activity, take an active part in the creation of the history of the world, be one's own guide, refusing to accept passively and supinely from outside the moulding of one' own personality?

Just as you first eat with your eyes, you also first desire things with your subconscious mind!

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

Write like you have many readers.

This is what evil does; it makes choices for others in the name of religion, in the name of government, in the name of community, in the name of personal gain, that these individuals are best able to make for themselves.

Everybody has dreams and goals. All you have to do is dig them up.

The Universe supports doers.

Your thoughts and feelings together create an ‘energetic blueprint’ that is constantly being emitted out into the world.

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

May you find the grace to chase your dream with all your might

[F]rom my years of understanding ... I happily chose this kind of life in which I yet live [i.e., unmarried], which I assure you for my own part hath hitherto best contented myself and I trust hath been most acceptable to God. From the which if either ambition of high estate offered to me in marriage by the pleasure and appointment of my prince ... or if the eschewing of the danger of my enemies or the avoiding of the peril of death ... could have drawn or dissuaded me from this kind of life, I had not now remained in this estate wherein you see me. But so constant have I always continued in this determination ... yet is it most true that at this day I stand free from any other meaning that either I have had in times past or have at this present.

Imagine repeating the power words ‘love’ or ‘happiness’ for five minutes twice a day for the rest of your life, amazing things could happen.

Your dreams may have been buried inside of you for a long time because you were busy with things that needed to get done, but it is never too late to dare to dream.

Looking flash without the cash is worthless!

Do all the work you can in your youthful days while you have the greatest strength.

Despite the personalization of life’s events, all people largely experience the same general transformative stages of life and eventually we all encounter a row of similar tragedies. We do not experience identical lives or exemplify replicable personalities. Every person is a receptacle whom is capable of experiencing the full gamut of the entire human condition. Our lives act as a period of apprenticeship, which we devote laboring to discover the truths that we can live by.

When you start loving yourself and respecting your time and energy, things will change. Get to know your worth, and your value will go up.

You ought to write down the glow of thoughts as it’s ignites.

In fact, there is nothing so easily remade as our definitions of ourselves.

The grace of fulfilled dream is phenomenal.

Woe betide him, and her too, when it comes to things of consequence, when they are placed in circumstances requiring fortitude and strength of mind, if she have not resolution enough to resist idle interference ... It is the worst evil of too yielding and indecisive a character, that no influence over it can be depended on. You are never sure of a good impression being durable; everybody may sway it. Let those who would be happy be firm.

I am not surprised by any situation.

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility

I travel to know the life of great souls in the pages of a book.

A person is not born as a finished product; we create ourselves every day. Resembling reality, no person is a fixed and unchangeable entity. Each of us is in the process of becoming. A person’s perspective on their life experiences depends upon reviewing and integrating an emotional gamut of reconciling values with applied effort.

I am born to win.

In liminal space, one meets the unknown, the marginalized, the synchronistic, the other, the unconscious edge of one's former narratives. At this point, the possibility to try out new narratives, to reframe one's story, becomes critical. Through narratives of participation the center of gravity shifts from fear and defensiveness to curiosity, creativity, and celebration. One begins to take a stand to validate one own's affects and doubts while at the same time interrogating them. The effect of such a shift is that the area of questioning about the self, the world, and the use of narrative language begins to widen noticeably. We can no longer assume there will be an outcome of homogeneous accounts through dialogue. The frames of narratives of participation anticipate heterogeneity rather than accord.

Education is one of the greatest gift for mankind. Each one of us must seek this enlightenment.

Sorrow and strife comes to all persons. Mature people expect hardships and setbacks and patiently and determinedly work to accomplish their goals. Immature people lash out in anger and frustration when circumstances conspire to blunt their short-term objectives.

You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world...but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.

If all your focused thoughts followed your inner feelings, your life would be abundant and joyful beyond all imagining.

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.

Capture the sacred-thoughts and write it a journal.

If I don’t succeed, I will try again and never stop trying.When I succeed, I will again explore new opportunities.

We can accomplish great things by God’s grace.

Choose your sacred-journey.

If you were brought up on a poor man’s brand of drink and prefer that to this very day then do not pretend you like expensive wine.