TODAYS QUOTES ON SELF- DETERMINATION

[prasanna]

Self-determination quotes



“My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right to become herself, and do whatever she needs to do.”

Ani Difranco  (American Singer, Song Writer and Guitarist. b.1970)



“Self-determination, the autonomy of the individual, asserts itself in the right to race his automobile, to handle his power tools, to buy a gun, to communicate to mass audiences his opinion, no matter how ignorant, how aggressive, it may be.”

Herbert Marcuse




“We prefer world law, in the age of self-determination, to world war in the age of mass extermination”

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (American 35th US President (1961-63), 1917-1963)



“Feminism was recognized by the average man as a conflict in which it was impossible for a man, as a chivalrous gentleman, as a respecter of the rights of little nations (like little Belgium), as a highly evolved citizen of a highly civilized community, to refuse the claim of this better half to self-determination.”

Wyndham Lewis (English Artist, 1882-1957)




You only live once—but if you work it right, once is enough."
   Lewis, Joe E. Actor (1902-1971)


"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."
   Lincoln, Abraham 16th President of the United States (1809-1865)



"We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing; others judge us by what we have done."
   Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth American poet (1807-1882)


"What really matters is what you do with what you have."
   Lord, Shirley



"Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent."
   Loren, Sophia Italian film actress (1934- )




"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
   Mead, Margaret American anthropologis (1901-1978)


"If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens."
   Moses, Grandma American painter (1860–1961)
 

"Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be."
   Moses, Grandma American painter (1860–1961)


"Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person."
   Mother Teresa Roman Catholic missionary in India (1910-1997)




"Since fear is mostly about ignorance, the best part is that it's as temporary as you choose."
   Comaford, Christine


"Train your head and hands to do, your head and heart to dare."
   Cotter, Jr., Joseph Seamon Teacher and Writer (1861-1949)



"I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom."
   de Beauvoir, Simone French feminist (1908-1986)


"Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible."
   de La Rochefoucauld, François French writer (1613-1680)


"Every people should be originators of their own destiny."
   Delany, Martin Emigrationist (1812-1885)


"The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better."
   Dewey, John Philosopher (1859-1952)




"It's an old adage that the way to be safe is never to be secure…each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best."
   Dodds, Harold W. American educator (1889–1980)