Inspirational Quotes

Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.

Self Determination Quotes

Emotional Autonomy Freedom Independence Inner Strength Self-Determination No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.

Friedrich Schiller

Poet and playwright

Growth Human Potential Responsibility Self-Determination Willpower Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

Friedrich Schiller

Poet and playwright

Control History Legacy Self-Determination History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

Winston Churchill

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Confidence Freedom Independence Rebellion Self-Determination Nobody can tell me where I can and can't go.

Kanye West

Rapper, Producer, Fashion Designer

Character Building Growth Personal Development Responsibility Self-Determination The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

Anne Frank

Diarist and Holocaust victim

Assertion of Rights Confidence Independence Self-Determination I can eat two large pizzas and a tray of brownies in one sitting. I'm not sharing that. We can get another one, but I ain't sharing.

Dwayne Johnson

American actor and professional wrestler

Ambition Independence Innovation Originality Self-Determination I don't want to build on someone else's legacy. I wanted to establish my own thing.

Duncan Jones

Freedom Independence Self-Determination I do what I want, when I want.

Lil Peep

Rapper and singer

Autonomy Independence Personal Responsibility Planning Self-Determination If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

Jim Rohn

Motivational Speaker and Author

Ambition Creativity Independence Rebellion Self-Determination Everyone talks about, 'Get your foot in the door,' but I never understood that mentality. Why would I want to go in that house? Why not build my own house? Why not take a chair and smash a window?

Freddie Wong

Filmmaker and YouTuber

Future Responsibility Self-Determination Support Unity After 2014, we will support a unified Afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future.

Barack Obama

44th U.S. President

Choice Identity Self-Determination Willpower If I want to be called 'The Rock,' I'll be called 'The Rock.' If I want to go back to wrestling, I'll go back to wrestling.

Dwayne Johnson

American actor and professional wrestler

Identity Resilience Self-Determination I hope not to define myself by suffering.

Frank Ocean

American singer-songwriter

Destiny Freedom Self-Determination Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.

Bob Marley

Singer, songwriter, and musician

Choice Control Happiness Inner Peace Self-Determination A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can stop him.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Ambition Perseverance Resilience Self-Determination I had my hustle. It was whatever I could do to not end up working in a factory. If I had to shake it like a showgirl, I was going to do it.

Ryan Gosling

Freedom Happiness Individuality Personal Choice Self-Determination I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.

Kanye West

Rapper, Producer, Fashion Designer