Gloria Steinem Quotes

Everybody has to know for themselves what they're capable of.

The knowledge that we are responsible for living the life we have is our most powerful tool.

It's all in how you look at your life, because no one has a wonderful life. But you can make it what you want it to be.

I know who I am, and I know what my future holds.

No one can tell you who you are and what you are made of, only you yourself know what you are made of, and only you yourself can do the work to become who you want to be.

In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.

I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.

I'm a big believer in the idea that while we are the sum of our tears, we are also the product of our choices in how we deal with those tears.

It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition.

Everybody eventually discovers that they are an individual with the power to affect their own lives and make it better or not.

I intend to be me. Whatever that is.

The only one who can beat me is me.

The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what awaken and mobilize my activities, my capacities.

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

I choose to live, not just exist.

Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.

I want to be defined by my own essence.

You come to realize that only one person can tell you what's expected of you, and that's you.

Figure out who you are.

When I was a kid I was very interested in the idea of the will, finding out what you're capable of. I liked those kind of challenges.

The world can't tell you who you are. You've just got to figure out who you are and be there, for better or worse.

Dream and give yourself permission to envision a You that you choose to be.

The only things standing between you and the compassionate, wise, and creative person you want to be are matters of choice. Your choice. No one can occupy your generosity except you.

A man's conflicts represent what he 'really' is.

Every action we take, everything we do, is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be.