#determination

True joy comes from operating with Inner-directedness and recognizing who you are. ↗

— Sanaya Roman

#self-awareness #self-determination #inspirational

In fact, there is perhaps only one human being in a thousand who is passionately interested in his job for the job's sake. The difference is that if that one person in a thousand is a man, we say, simply, that he is passionately keen on his job; if she is a woman, we say she is a freak. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#clichés #double-standards #empowerment #feminism #gender

We(Pakistan) will eat grass, even go hungry, but we will get one of our own (Atom bomb).... We have no other choice! ↗

— Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

#determination #inspiring #pakistan #retaliation #inspirational

As long as you stay determined, you will stay focused and you will succeed ↗

— Carol Bell

#inspiration #succeed #inspirational

We become what we want to be by consistently being what we want to become each day. ↗

— Richard G. Scott

#religious #self-determination #self-improvement #inspirational

It's not what happens to us that molds us. It's what we do with what happens to us. ↗

— Anita Stansfield

#self-determination #inspirational

I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#courtship #empowerment #freedom #happiness #husbands

I am not an angel," I asserted; "and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#empowerment #flaws #freedom #gender #ideal-woman

If I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen and married. ↗

— Elizabeth I Tudor

#british-monarchy #british-royal-family #dignity #empowerment #freedom

I don't give up. That makes me incredibly resilient or maybe stupid or just plain stubborn. Whichever... ↗

— Destiny Booze

#motivational #resilient #motivational