Self Determination Quotes

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  Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.

  Nora Ephron

  Life, Inspiring, Encouraging

  FaceBook post by Nora Ephron from Jun 26, 2012

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• You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Maya Angelou (2008). “Letter to My Daughter”, p.5, Random House

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• 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.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Life, Motivational, Running

  Eleanor Roosevelt (1960). “You Learn by Living”, p.12, Westminster John Knox Press

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• 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.

  Lois McMaster Bujold

  Inspirational, Life, Being Yourself

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• Who exactly do you want to be? What kind of person do you
  want to be? What are your personal ideals? Whom do you admire? What are their special traits that you would make your own It's time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to become wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become. If you have a daybook, write down who you're trying to be, so that you can refer to this self-determination. Precisely describe the demeanor you want to adopt so that you may preserve it when you are by yourself or with other
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  Epictetus

  Wise, Determination, Writing

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  The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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  We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

  Jesse Owens

  Inspirational, Motivational, Running

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.

  Virginia Satir

  Life, Being Yourself, Positive Thinking

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• Freedom is self-determination.

  Baruch Spinoza

  Determination, Self

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  Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

  Og Mandino

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Og Mandino (2011). “The Greatest Salesman in the World”, p.25, Bantam

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• I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Charlotte Bronte (2004). “Jane Eyre”, p.130, Variocity

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  Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

  Harriet Beecher Stowe

  Inspirational, Motivational, Moving On

  Harriet Beecher Stowe (1896). “Oldtown folks. Sam Lawson's Oldtown fireside stories”

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  Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

  Louis Pasteur

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem". Book by Wayne Dyer, 1975.

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• America was born out of a desire for self-determination, a longing for the human dignity that only independence can bring.

  Maurice Saatchi

  Determination, Self, America

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• All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Motivational, Positive

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2004). “A Dream Too Wild: Emerson Meditations for Every Day of the Year”, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

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• Self-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Determination, Self, Principles

  Woodrow Wilson, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Princeton University (1984). “The papers of Woodrow Wilson”

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• I believe that ultimately the situation in Kosovo can only be resolved through self-determination.

  Eliot Engel

  Determination, Believe, Self

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• Let every man be master of his time.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Motivational, Time

  William Shakespeare, A. R. Braunmuller (1997). “Macbeth”, p.23, Cambridge University Press

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• Control your own destiny or someone else will.

  Jack Welch

  Motivational, Confidence, Life Changing

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes".

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  Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

  Samuel Beckett

  Inspirational, Motivational, Encouraging

  1983 Worst ward Ho.

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• Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Self Esteem, Careers, Will And Determination

  Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson

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  The best way out is always through.

  Robert Frost

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  North of Boston (1914) "Servant to Servants"

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  I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

  Bill Cosby

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Quoted in Barbara Rowes, The Book of Quotes (1979)

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• They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Wise, Respect

  "Fictional character: Mohandas K. Gandhi". "Gandhi", 1982.

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• We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination.

  John F. Kennedy

  Birthday, Determination, War

  Address to the United Nations General Assembly, delivered 25 September 1961

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