Umberto Eco Quotes

Just what you want to be, you will be in the end.

I'm still my parent's child, I'm still me, but I made a choice. I evolved into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I think it has to do with evolution.

I think life's a bit of what you make it and a little smidgen of you being the jellyfish, and the tide's just gently helping you along.

And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.

I invented myself.

Destiny has always been something that interested me as a subject, but not in a fatalistic way because I believe that one can transform destiny through self-knowledge.

Anybody can be anybody.

It is only through hard work and awareness that we can truly own our identity.

I know who I am and what I can do.

I think I finally have really taken ownership of myself and me as a gymnast.

Every single part of our persona, no matter how long we've rocked it, is a choice we make every day.

Being a foreigner bad guy doesn't have to be my destiny, and I can be much more than that.

A wise man shall overrule his stars, and have a greater influence upon his own content than all the constellations and planets of the firmament.

We must recognize what in our accepted tradition is damaging to our fate and dignity-and shape our lives accordingly.

You can believe in Fung Shui if you want, but ultimately people control their own fate. The most important thing is to improve yourself and give it your best. Then many things previously thought to be impossible will become possible.

One creates oneself.

I am not struggling. What I do, it is what I do.

It just gets easier in that you become more you in the process.

As women, we have to realize what we bring to the table. What do you want to do for the world? How do you want to change it? And when you know that, you don't have to compare yourself to anybody else.

I don't give advice. 90% of the time nobody takes it anyway. I will give encouragement and if asked a question as to how, or why I did certain things and if I think this will help whomever is asking the question I will do this.

I'm going to do what I want to do. I'm going to be who I really am. I'm going to figure out what that is.

For me, embracing my own power is about embracing my right to be an individual.

The song 'Wolf Eyes,' I wrote because I felt like I was such a kitten. I want to be more of a wolf. I want to be stronger and more independent. I sort of wrote the song for that.

I inspire myself.

There is also a need that each should understand where he came from and what he is -- and what will become of him.