Barack Obama Quotes

Every man must decide for himself whether he shall master his world or be mastered by it.

I only have control over what I do.

Man must assume responsibility for the direction of his life and destiny.

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

We create our own destiny.

The future is in our hands; we are masters of our own destiny.

You gain or lose power according to the choices that you make.

To say you have no choice is to relieve yourself of responsibility.

I'm in control of the positions that I allow myself to be in.

We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be in control of our lives.

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

The more control you have over your life, the more responsible you feel for your own success - or failure.

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

Exercising choice is a good thing.

I have the freedom to choose the roles I want.

You are not here to try to get the world to be just as you want it. You are here to create the world around you that you choose.

The Choice, after all, is ours to make.

We are not forced into unpleasant activities. We either allow them to come about or we encourage them to come about.

Our lives are the results of our choices. To blame and accuse other people, the environment, or other extrinsic factors is to choose to empower those things to control us.

When we speak of choice, what we mean is the ability to exercise control over ourselves and our environment. In order to choose, we must first perceive that control is possible.

Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It's not having no responsibilitie s; it's choosing the ones you want.

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am master of my fate and captain of my soul.

We are both burdened and blessed by the great responsibility of the will - the power of choice. Our future is determined, in large part, by the choices we make now. We cannot always control our circumstances, but we can and do choose our response to whatever arises. Reclaiming the power of choice, we find the courage to live fully in the world.

Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It's not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make. Period.

The vision of the anointed is one in which ills as poverty, irresponsible sex, and crime derive primarily from 'society,' rather than from individual choices and behavior. To believe in personal responsibility would be to destroy the whole special role of the anointed, whose vision casts them in the role of rescuers of people treated unfairly by 'society'.