Ivan Turgenev Quotes

Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.

Control your own destiny or someone else will.

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

I am my own person caoable of making my own decisions and choosing powerfully how i live. I appreciate and respect what others have to say but ultimately I choose how I live my life.

I've always been like nah, I'm going to have it my way, that way, when I look out that window at the end of the day, I can say I did it my way, whether it's on a higher level, or a level where I can just maintain, I can still say I did it my way.

You can't let nobody run your train.

I remain Mistress of mine own self and mine own soul

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.

I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.

Freedom is control in your own life.

I don't live on other people's terms.

No one owns you. One hundred per cent of the stock in your personal corporation belongs to you.

I do what I do; I can't control who thinks what.

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

As long as I live I will have control over my being.

Whatever I do, it's my business. It's not my job to parent America.

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

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

Reading is the only area of my life in which I prefer to be non-autonomous.

I think people should do whatever they want to do. That's the point. Why should you care what other people think or say? You're not living in their pocket.

My parents pretty much realized that I would do whatever I wanted, and that was it, really.

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

In this country I am my own master and may do as I please

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

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