Freedom Quotes

The most fought-for idea in human history, explored by those who won it, lost it, and fought to keep it.

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"We are not prisoners of our past; we are the architects of our future."
Robert McCrae
R
"Freedom is the ability to make your own choices."
Robert McCrae
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"In the space between stimulus and response, there is our freedom and our power."
Marsha Linehan
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"When you stop trying to convince others that you are okay, you free yourself to actually get okay."
Marsha Linehan
M
"The ability to observe your thoughts without being controlled by them is liberation."
Marsha Linehan
M
"When you stop fighting your thoughts, you discover they have no real power over you."
Marsha Linehan
"Personal freedom comes from releasing the need for others' approval."
Albert Ellis
"Freedom is the space between stimulus and your chosen response."
Albert Ellis
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"Freedom lies in our ability to reconstruct our understanding of events."
George Kelly
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"Authentic living means taking responsibility for how we interpret our reality."
George Kelly
G
"Freedom is the privilege of being able to construe the events of our lives in new ways."
George Kelly
G
"We are free to the extent that we can imagine alternatives to our current situation."
George Kelly
G
"The most liberating insight is that our interpretations of life are not fixed facts but malleable constructs."
George Kelly
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"When we struggle against our emotions, we give them more power."
Steven Hayes
S
"Fusion with thoughts keeps us trapped; defusion sets us free."
Steven Hayes
S
"Your thoughts are not commands; they are suggestions you can decline."
Steven Hayes
S
"Your life is not determined by your history; it is determined by your choices now."
Steven Hayes
S
"Defusion is freedom from the tyranny of your own mind."
Steven Hayes
A
"The freedom to think is the freedom to choose your own destiny."
Aaron Beck
A
"Freedom without responsibility is slavery to impulse."
Aaron Beck
W
"We are not slaves to our initial temperament or circumstances."
Walter Mischel
W
"The ability to wait is a form of freedom."
Walter Mischel
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"Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better."
Costa Paul
R
"Openness to experience leads people to question authority and challenge the status quo."
Robert McCrae
R
"Openness to experience is the trait most associated with accepting different lifestyles and values."
Robert McCrae
"Freedom begins when you stop demanding that others behave as you wish."
Albert Ellis
"People who need approval from others are enslaved by their emotions."
Albert Ellis
"Learning to be alone is learning to be free."
Albert Ellis
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"Freedom is expressed differently by different personalities"
Hans Eysenck
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"Freedom is not merely the absence of constraints, but the presence of authentic choice."
Raymond Cattell