Quotes About Self-possession

Whoever is a complete person does not need to be an authority.

No dia em que devorares o sagrado, ele torna-se tua propriedade!

He'd had a real talent, but what was talent without confidence, self-possession, "ownership," as people said, pompously but maybe accurately.

Leslie? What are you doing?" -"Choosing. I'm mine. Not anyone else's." -"I'm still yours, though. That won't ever change, Shadow Girl.

A wise man never loses anything if he have himself.

The finest thing in the world is knowing how to belong to oneself.

Self-negation is noble, self-culture is beneficent, self-possession is manly, but to the truly great and inspiring soul they are poor and tame compared to self-abuse.

Alterius non sit qui suus esse potest. (Let no man belong to another that can belong to himself.)

Which do you think is the greater type of power?" I only had to think for a second. "The inherent, your grace." "Interesting. Why do you say that?" "Because a power you possess yourself cannot be taken away, your grace.

This is it, this is mine.