Our notions of self-determination are, on the whole, something of a myth. We are governed almost exclusively by our own peculiar habits,… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
You are mistaken, Mr. Darcy, if you suppose that the mode of your declaration affected me in any other way, than as… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“If you have strength of character, you can use that as fuel to not only be a survivor but to transcend simply… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
“The whole value of solitude depends upon oneself; it may be a sanctuary or a prison, a haven of repose or a… — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
Simply being with someone is difficult because it asks of us that we share in the other's vulnerability, enter with him or… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Self-ruled Taiwan cannot be expected to accept such an affront to the legitimacy of its government and the self-determination of the Taiwanese… — Todd Akin Copy Share Image
Political sovereignty is but a mockery without the means of meeting poverty and illiteracy and disease. Self-determination is but a slogan if… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“She hoped her words rang true about her lost daughter Sarai as well, whom she hadn’t seen in over eighteen years, though… — Elizabeth Garden Copy Share Image
Self-determination has to mean that the leader is your individual gut, and heart, and mind or we're talking about power, again, and… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
“Doing things for others can make the 'giver' happy, but trying to change or control another will drive you crazy, because it… — T.F. Hodge Copy Share Image
“Be original and don’t be afraid to stand out. Never downplay your capabilities. Everybody won’t believe in you and everybody won’t rejoice… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
“He took a mental picture of this moment’s happy scene to carry with him into the darkness of that dreadful place where… — Elizabeth Garden Copy Share Image
All virtue lies in individual action, in inward energy, in self determination. There is no moral worth in being swept away by… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The cause of self-determination in Catalonia is no different to other citizen causes that fight for a fairer, more democratic future, as… — Jordi Cuixart Copy Share Image
The question is whether NGOs that bring protection or aid or reparation therapies are furthering the possibility of self-determination or extending a… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
Now that the there is a path for the people of Puerto Rico to express their self-determination on Puerto Rico's political status,… — Dick Thornburgh Copy Share Image
“Self-knowledge, a spiritual metamorphosis, precedes understanding other people and comprehending the beauty of being part of the spontaneous interplay of the natural… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“self-determination theory, which holds that human beings need three basic things in order to be content: they need to feel competent at… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
The ultimate goal is two states for two people: Israel as a Jewish state and the homeland for the Jewish people and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“We create our sense of self by merging our fragmented thoughts in a coherent conception of our being.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Free will is an illusion. Our wills are simply not of our own making.” — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
There are both things in international law: the principle of territorial integrity and right to self-determination. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
If [God] send me no husband, for the which blessing I am at him upon my knees every morning and evening ... — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“... no one can ever save someone else, you know? We can only save ourselves. You know that, don't you?” — Carrie Jones Copy Share Image
But Socialism, alone, can bring self-determination of their peoples. — Karl Liebknecht Copy Share Image
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“Daring soul has five diaries; gratitude, work, inspirational, prayer and language diaries.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
There's a rebel lying deep in my soul. Anytime anybody tells me the trend is such and such, I go the opposite… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Chastity ... has, even now, a religious importance in a woman's life, and has so wrapped itself round with nerves and instincts… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“Because there is beauty and there is art that celebrates it like a secret language, I was reassured and connected to something… — Elizabeth Garden Copy Share Image
The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between the great and the insignificant, its energy -… — Sir Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet Copy Share Image
“This is what evil does; it makes choices for others in the name of religion, in the name of government, in the… — John Kramer Copy Share Image