Jeannette Rankin Quotes

You do what you have to do in life, when you form a philosophy that you can't talk yourself out of.

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.

There is in each of us a stream of tendency, whether you choose to call it philosophy or not, which gives coherence and direction to thought and action. Judges cannot escape that current any more than other mortals.

The decisions you make are a choice of values that reflect your life in every way.

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.

In times of crisis, you just have to bear down and lean on your own instincts and your own beliefs and make decisions.

I started my life with a single absolute: that the world was mine to shape in the image of my highest values and never to be given up to a lesser standard, no matter how long or hard the struggle.

Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.

One of the things my family taught me - I think very important in religion and science - is that you must be ready to stand up for what you think. Decide what you really think is best, and stick with it.

It's a kind of philosophy of my own life, to create the energy enough to keep on going.

What sort of philosophy one chooses depends on what sort of person one is.

When you make the right decision, it doesn't really matter what anyone else thinks.

I'm just kind of taking whatever life gives me and hoping that I make the right decision.

Everything I did and continue to do happens for a reason, and honestly, I don't regret much in my life.

The way I look at it, I'm a guy who acts to live.

Principles are the most important thing to me. One of the things I think my dad taught me was there are people who accept the world they live in and there are people who change the world they live in. I don't accept my circumstances.

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.

We need to teach the next generation of children from day one that they are responsible for their lives. Mankind's greatest gift, also its greatest curse, is that we have free choice. We can make our choices built from love or from fear.

My family are the epicenter of all my decisions.

The actions you plan to take and the actions you actually decide to take [in a crisis] are not always the same.

What would George Clooney do? That's one of my favourites. He is one of my favourite actors and one of my favourite human beings. I don't know if I have a serious life philosophy.

Nowadays, you cannot tell your kids what to do. In fact, you have to listen to them. As a parent, give them great education and values and they will decide what to do in life.

I've always been calm, and I'm very good in a crisis.

I don't think circumstances change who you are as a person. I don't believe they change your values - unless you willingly would like them to.

I just think that everything is symbolic, and who you are determines everything that you do, small moves and big moves.