#termination

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#self-responsibility #timidity #responsibility

Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others. ↗

— Confucius

#self-assessment #self-determination #responsibility

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#deeds #self-determination #responsibility

There is no such thing as helplessness. It's just another word for giving up. ↗

— Jefferson Smith

#fantasy #helplessness #hope #persistence #surrender

...the big things - how we think, what we value - those you must choose yourself. You can't let anyone - or any society - determine those for you. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#self-determination #values

There is no ideal world for you to wait around for. The world is always just what it is now, and it's up to you how you respond to it. ↗

— Isaac Marion

#body

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses, we must plant more roses. ↗

— George Eliot

#initiative #positivity #rose

I had discovered that learning something, no matter how complex, wasn't hard when I had a reason to want to know it. ↗

— Homer Hickam

#curiosity #determination #homer-hickam #learning #october-sky

To be able to possess a machine in such a way is the ultimate show of determination and awareness. It makes one realize that the physicality of our world is a boundary to us only if our will is weak; a true champion can accomplish things that a normal person would think impossible. ↗

— Garth Stein

#determination #art

You must dare, and dare again, and then dare a little bit more, and go on daring. ↗

— Justin Cotillard

#boldness #cotillard #courage #dare #daring