A Quote by Stokely Carmichael

The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.

Stokely Carmichael

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Stokely Carmichael
American - Activist
June 29, 1941 - November 15, 1998

My work is trying to at least define myself on my own terms, and then if other people enjoy things that's a lovely addition.

Bo Burnham

I think the world would be a lot better off if more people were to define themselves in terms of their own standards and values and not what other people said or thought about them.

Hillary Clinton

The faculty know what they need to develop and they need to work with an administrator with the authority do get it done. To define everything in terms of these index numbers is ridiculous.

Henry Rosovsky

If you are building a corporate culture of greatness, you have to define culture on your own terms and with the people you work with.

Frances Hesselbein

My point is that we much decolonize our minds and re-name and re-define ourselves . . . In all respects, culturally, politically, socially, we must re-define ourselves and our lives, in our own terms.

Max Roach

I think the real problem is all the negative connotations people have with that term. They think, 'Oh my God! I don't want to be 'plus-size!'' But people attach too much significance to terms. We can't let these terms define us or our beauty.

Philomena Kwao

Toddlers need to get off the soccer field and onto the playground. Children need to get out of the gym and into neighborhood stickball games. We need to give kids room to create their own rules, set their own terms, and move their bodies in their own ways.

Darell Hammond

Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you're proud to live.

Anne Sweeney

As long as we define ourselves in terms of our pain and our problems, we will never be free from them.

Eckhart Tolle

If you are going to live life on your own terms, there need to be terms, and somehow you need to live up to them.

Robert B. Parker

We need to punch back against the extremes of both the left and the right and define the terms of the debate ourselves.

John Avlon

When forgiveness is necessary, don't wait too long. We must begin to forgive, because without forgiving, we choke off our own joy; we kill our own soul. People carrying hate and resentment can invest themselves so deeply in that resentment that they gradually define themselves in terms of it.

Lewis B. Smedes

People sometimes think that defining a term is pedantic and useless, but terms need to be defined if they're going to be discussed, even if the terms are only defined for a single conversation. Those involved in the conversation need to know how the terms are being used.

Pattiann Rogers

In terms of having to uphold something, I don't need any added pressure. I need to be free in the work.

Sonja Sohn

Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.

Oprah Winfrey

When we first started we felt something changing in terms of work, and we felt it was a global shift. People were taking control of their future, not just in terms of making money. They wanted to control their own destiny.

Miguel McKelvey

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