Thomas F. Eagleton Quotes

To be one's own master is to be the slave of self.

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

Self Control, Not State Control

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.

Only by taking responsibility for oneself, to the greatest extent possible, can one ever be free, and only a free person can make responsible choices - between right and wrong, saving and spending, giving or taking.

You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.

I only have control over what I do.

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

The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

No one is free who does not lord over himself.

I think the real free person in society is one that's disciplined. It's the one that can choose; that is the free one.

Control your own destiny or someone else will.

The bottom line is to be in control of your own destiny.

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

What man's mind can create, man's character can control.

Heaven has given to every human being the power of controlling his passions, and if he neglects or loses it, the fault is his own, and he must be answerable for it.

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

Children can become self-reliant and self-disciplined by being free to do what they want to do.

Self-government relies, in the end, on the governing of the self.

I feel very strongly in my opinion that everyone is responsible to themselves for what they do.

Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens to the which our wills are gardeners.

Those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.

There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.