Florence Ellinwood Allen Quotes

I had fought for my independence and fought for my freedom to do as I chose.

I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of expression.

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.

Freedom is control in your own life.

I enjoy making the decisions.

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

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

If I am to truly become an autonomous woman, then I must take over that role of being my own guardian.

Every people should be originators of their own destiny.

Control your own destiny or someone else will.

The essence of freedom is that each of us shares in the shaping of his own destiny.

When one has genuinely chosen a course for oneself it cannot be possible to hold another responsible for it.

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

I don't like this terminology that you have no choice. You always have a choice.

I like being in control of my own destiny, really.

Being independent in my choices is important to me.

Your happiness and suffering depend on your actions and not on my wishes for you.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular job. You don't have to participate in any given relationship. You can choose.

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.

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

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

I run my own world, because I very firmly believe that my destiny, my future is in my hands and I don't want to blame anybody else for the path that I take.

A person's life is of their own making, and I take full responsibility for mine.

We make our own future; we govern ourselves, and to govern is to choose.