Quotes about Self-determination
Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny
— Bob Marley
We who follow the teachings of Elijah Muhammad don't want to be forced to integrate. Integration is wrong. We don't want to live with the white man; that's all.
— Muhammad Ali
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
— Maya Angelou
I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
— Stephen Covey
Happiness, like unhappiness, is a proactive choice.
— Stephen Covey
We all create the person we become by our choices as we go through life. In a very real sense, by the time we are adult, we are the sum total of the choices we have made.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Every man has within himself a gold mine whose riches are limited only by his own industry.
— Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Our destiny is largely in our hands.
— Frederick Douglass
I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.
— Frederick Douglass
Freedom is the right to live as we wish.
— Epictetus
Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you really want it, you take it.
— Malcolm X
I say, leave me alone, this is my winter, I will stay here if I choose.
— Margaret Atwood