Quote by Tony Hayden

“How many of us allow others to define us and thus we become what they want us to be, not what we should be…

— Lisa Renee Jones

“Only those who are subject to authority can be authority.”

— Watchman Nee

“We don’t have to allow ourselves to be defined by the labels imposed on us. We get to define ourselves.”

— Lizzie Velásquez

“Give us also the right to our existence!”

— Radclyffe Hall

“We must give ourselves freedom, not to be whatever we think we should be, but to be exactly what we are.”

— Timmin L. Cermak M.D

“I cannot be governed by what others seek.”

— Anonymous

“Were it right for us to dictate the choices for others, than I daresay we ourselves would be without the ability of choice as…

— Charline Ratcliff

“Words define us, they explain us, and, on occasion, they serve to control or isolate us.”

— Pip Williams

“Often it takes outer authority to send us on the path to our own inner authority.”

— Richard Rohr

“The one and only true freedom we ALL possess is what we think; and our intentions govern what we think.”

— Bryant McGill

“To be free to roam our own consciousness and be responsible for ourselves, a letting go process is required. We have to let go…

— David W Earle

“everybody have a notion that there is or should be an existence of yours beyond you.”

— Emily Brontë