Viktor E. Frankl Quotes

A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining. What he becomes-within the limits of endowment and environment-he has made out of himself.

Man is not fully conditioned and determined but rather determines himself whether he gives in to conditions or stands up to them. In other words, man is ultimately self-determining. Man does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become in the next moment.

I mean, I think we're put here on earth to make your own destiny, to begin with. I don't think there's anything you can do this way or that way to change anything.

Every human has four endowments - self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.

It's very clearly stated in the film: You make your own choices, and what you're always fighting is ego.

Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.

Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes the animals, man makes himself.

Nine times out of 10, extenuating circumstances aside, I believe that people are where they are by some kind of choice on their part. You need to acknowledge that, 'Hey, I'm here because I steered my horse in this direction.'

I am glad I am born in this era, but, at the same time, my success will totally depend on the choices I make.

Man must choose his world

You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.

We are the choices we make.

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.

Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.

We are either the masters or victims of our attitudes. It is a matter of personal choice. Who we are today is the result of choices we made yesterday. Tomorrow, we will become what we choose today. To change means to choose change.

Of course there’s destiny, but destiny doesn’t push you where you don’t want to go. You’re the ones who choose. Destiny is up to you.

You deicde, and you make our night what you want. Brilliant and ours. Stupid and theirs.

Man must not only make himself: the weightiest thing he has to do is to determine what he is going to be. He is causa sui to the second power.

Life is more a matter of choosing than knowing. He could never know the eventual destination of his path, but he could always choose in which direction to take each step.

Absolute freedom does not exist; what does exist is the freedom to choose anything you like and then commit yourself to that decision.

Because it's our choices that makes us who we are.

Everybody's got regrets. It's a personal choice as to whether or not you can change.

We are product of neither nature nor nurture; we are a product of choice, because there is always a space between stimulus and response. As we wisely exercise our power to choose based on principles, the space will become larger.

I am learning that if I just go on accepting the framework for life that others have given me, if I fail to make my own choices, the reason for my life will be missing. I will be unable to recognize that which I have the power to change.

No one's born with their destiny stamped on their forehead ... we make the choices to fulfill our destiny.