Stephen Fry Quotes

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he is forced to do so, but because he freely conceives it, wants it, and loves it.

We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice.

I believe everybody is responsible for what they do themselves.

Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.

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

Circumstances are beyond the control of man; but his conduct is in his own power.

Man must assume responsibility for the direction of his life and destiny.

We create our own destiny.

People make their own destinies.

We are pretty firm believers in the fact that you make your own fate, with or without the Facebook ordeal.

Everybody has the right to decide their own fate.

Every man is the author of his own life.

Another person's life is that person's life. You can't take responsibility.

The essential religion is taking the whole responsibility for whatsoever you are. And immediately an insight arises: 'If I am responsible for my suffering, then it is simple, I can drop it. It is my choice. I will not choose it any more.'

To say you have no choice is to relieve yourself of responsibility.

Everything that happens to you is self-created.

My conclusion is that there is no reason to believe any of the dogmas of traditional theology and, further, that there is no reason to wish that they were true. Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.

The nature of freedom of choice is that some people will misuse their responsibility and hurt themselves in the process. We should do our best to educate them, but without diminishing choice for everyone else.

It is we ourselves who alone shall shape our destinies, rising always above the external circumstances and conditions which from time to time shall be thrown across our paths.

All that destiny garbage. Nobody can decide what happens to you. Nobody but you.

All men are created equal. It is what you do from there that makes the difference. We are all free agents in life. We make our own decisions. We control our own destiny.

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am master of my fate and captain of my soul.

In your hands lies the future of your world and the fulfilment of the best qualities of your own spirit.

I started with the belief that every person who came to the laboratory was free to accept or to reject the dictates of authority. This view sustains a conception of human dignity insofar as it sees in each man a capacity for choosing his own behavior. And as it turned out, many subjects did, indeed, choose to reject the experimenter's commands, providing a powerful affirmation of human ideals.