#determination

The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#self-determination #determination

It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#self-actualization #self-determination #determination

The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#skepticism #truth #determination

when man determined to destroy himself he picked the was of shall and finding only why smashed it into because. ↗

— E.E. Cummings

#determination

Fall. Stand. Learn. Adapt. ↗

— Mike Norton

#determination #fall #kindle #kindlehighlight #learn

Life is short only if you are not living your purpose. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#determination #intentions #life #living #purpose

We're going to be OK because of the American people. They have more grit, determination and courage than you can imagine. ↗

— Joe Biden

#american people #because #courage #determination #going

Our task, of course, is to transmute the anger that is affliction into the anger that is determination to bring about change. I think, in fact, that one could give that as a definition of revolution. ↗

— Barbara Deming

#affliction #anger #bring #change #could

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

#every #feminism #herself #idea #needs

It is not important for life to meet your great expectations. What is important is that you hold high expectations of yourself and meet them greatly. ↗

— Roopleen

#courage #determination #goals #inspiration #inspire