Giacomo Casanova Quotes

Self Control, Not State Control

Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap.

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

You always do what you want to do. This is true with every act. You may say that you had to do something, or that you were forced to, but actually, whatever you do, you do by choice. Only you have the power to choose for yourself.

You decide the things that ultimately you do. You have choices in this world, and that's how I live.

We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be in control of our lives.

Every people should be originators of their own destiny.

The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice!

Man is free, but his freedom ceases when he has no faith in it[.

I'm coming to believe that there are two kinds of people... those who choose to be masters of their own fate and those who wait in chairs while other dance. I would rather be one of the former than the latter.

We human beings do have some genuine freedom of choice and therefore some effective control over our own destinies. I am not a determinist. But I also believe that the decisive choice is seldom the latest choice in the series. More often than not, it will turn out to be some choice made relatively far back in the past.

I am inclined to believe that a man may be free to do anything he pleases if only he will accept responsibility for whatever he does.

I believe we've been given free will, and we can take responsibility for our own lives and for creating our own environments - which I think at times can be a little much for people to deal with.

When one has genuinely chosen a course for oneself it cannot be possible to hold another responsible for it.

The isolation of every human soul and the necessity of self-dependence must give each individual the right, to choose his own surroundings.

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

The word 'fate' doesn't really mean much to me in some ways. I think we make our own.

A man's own judgment should be the final appeal in all that relates to himself.

In a larger sense, we all write our own destiny.

Many Americans abhor paternalism. They think that people should be able to go their own way, even if they end up in a ditch. When they run risks, even foolish ones, it isn't anybody's business that they do.

I feel you're in charge of your own situation.

Most actions derive not from your own initiative but from your family circumstances, your education, your calling, and so on. You must therefore give up a little time to performing actions which derive from yourself alone. They need not be important; quite insignificant actions fulfill the same purpose.

You can only control your own destiny.

We can control how we run, and that's about it.

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