Twelve Years A Slave Quotes & Sayings

Freedom and happiness come from understanding - and working with - our limits. Begin at once a program of self-mastery. Stick with your purpose. Do not seek external approval. Do not worry about anything outside of your control. The only things you command are your thoughts and actions. We choose our response. Stop aspiring to be anyone other than your own best self: for that does fall within your control. — Epictetus

Instead of looking in the mirror and focusing on your flaws, look in the mirror and appreciate your best features ... everyone has them. — Demi Lovato

I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. — Winston S. Churchill

When I undertake to tell the best, I find I cannot. My tongue is ineffectual on its pivots, My breath will not be obedient to its organs, I become a dumb man. — Walt Whitman

I did what I thought was right. I'm not trying to win any popularity contest. — Sue Eakin

That's not fair!"
"Life's not fair, Kaspar. You know that. You had a slave for - how long?"
"Twelve years."
"Did you treat him 'fairly'? No, of course not. You beat him when you were in a bad mood, because it made you feel better, and when you felt better you beat him some more. — Clive Barker

I think that there were only two people in my high school that were comfortable there, and I think they are both pumping gas now. — Grant Show