Walt Whitman Quotes

My mom raised me to never have anything control me.

He is great enough that is his own master.

I wasn't going to let anything control me.

But while I breathe Heaven's air and Heaven looks down on me, And smiles at my best meanings, I remain Mistress of mine own self and mine own soul.

I'm in control of my life, not anyone in Hollywood.

No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.

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.

No man bosses me around, and no man ever will.

We are ultimately alone in that we are ultimately responsible for ourselves.

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

Of my own spirit let me be in sole though feeble mastery.

No one is free who does not lord over himself.

We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves.

What I say goes. I'm hitting shots that I want to hit. I'm doing the things that I want to do. I play it my way.

Freedom is from within.

I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves.

I'm not gonna give anybody the power to control my life.

I really have no anxiety about controlling my own life.

I am going to walk away when I'm ready to walk away. Not because of a win or a loss.

You never want to put yourself in that position where you don't control your own destiny.

I am a fiercely independent person, and I am no one's pawn.

I don't worry about other people, and I don't let them influence me too much. I try to find out what I want to do and not what other people want me to do.

I don't allow people's outlook on me dictate what I do in my life and how I live my life.

The important thing to remember is you control you. Nothing else can control you.

I stay in my lane and do what I want to do. I don't worry about the outside world.