Quotes in the category self determination

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.

John Green

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

Charlotte Brontë

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

William Shakespeare

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

Coco Chanel

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

Nora Ephron

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

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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

Coco Chanel

I'd rather die my way than live yours.

Lauren Oliver

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.

Harvey Fierstein

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.

Anne Frank

I'm single because I was born that way.

Mae West