"self-determination"タグの名言

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.

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

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

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

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

To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.

I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

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.

I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.

It’s probably not just by chance that I’m alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me, unless he’s terribly strong. And if he’s stronger than I, I’m the one who can’t live with him. … I’m neither smart nor stupid, but I don’t think I’m a run-of-the-mill person. I’ve been in business without being a businesswoman, I’ve loved without being a woman made only for love. The two men I’ve loved, I think, will remember me, on earth or in heaven, because men always remember a woman who caused them concern and uneasiness. I’ve done my best, in regard to people and to life, without precepts, but with a taste for justice.

A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.

If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.

I'd rather die my way than live yours.

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 do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

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

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.

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