Alexander Graham Bell Quotes

I don't substitute anybody else's judgment for my own.

No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance.

Since no one but you can know what's best for you, government control can't make your life better.

Ultimately the person, even the child, must choose for himself.

Nobody owes anything to anybody. You are your authentic self to whom and when you choose to be, and if you don't know somebody, then why would you explain to them how you live your life?

Everyone has to run their own race and make their own decisions.

No one can decide what you should do, what course of action you should take to get where you wanna go, except for yourself.

Independence is doing what you want to do, knowing that you're happy with the decisions you're making and that it's the best for you.

If I feel like doing something, I do it. If I feel like saying something, I say it. If I feel like dancing, I do. If I don't, I don't.

Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.

All I'm gonna do is just go on and do what I feel.

My life is not to be somebody else's impact - you know what I mean?

I'm in control of myself. I take yes or no from no one.

The thing is, if you're in this world, you have to do things for yourself, not for others, because everyone will judge you for anything.

Whatever I do, it's my business. It's not my job to parent America.

If you don't run your own life, somebody else will.

I just don't feel like I have to explain myself.

Every people should be originators of their own destiny.

I am obliged to believe certain opinions myself. No man's belief will save me except my own.

You can be bound by physical things, as I am by certain sicknesses, but nevertheless you can still be free to recognize that all initiatives really come from yourself if you don't depend upon structures of government or structures of any kind.

Control your own destiny or someone else will.

I think it's very important that you make your own decision about what you are. Therefore you're responsible for your actions, so you don't blame other people.

My words are my own, and my actions are my ministers.'

I am myne owene woman, wel at ese

The essence of freedom is that each of us shares in the shaping of his own destiny.