Shannyn Sossamon Quotes

I try to make the best of the opportunities that have been given to me.

I'm very grateful for the way things have panned out. If I hadn't had a struggle at the start, I wouldn't be able to appreciate every single day in this job. Whether you love or hate a job, you can't waste the chance to do something with it.

I was so driven that sometimes you don't recognise all the good things that are happening to you.

It's about staying level-headed and being appreciative of the chances I got and the games I played but, at the same time, wanting more.

I don't waste any time at all. I have no time at all for people who are being very negative or people who are very whiny or people who feel sorry for themselves. I tend to go to them and just say, you don't understand how incredible life is and how precious it is.

Wow, I get to wake up again? Ok. You have to make good with what you've got.

Nobody has it all, but for me to even come close is amazing.

I've always had this idea that you have to make the most of things.

I feel really humbled and really grateful to have the opportunities that I've had over the past couple of years to work with some amazing people. I think, at this point, I just want to put my head down and grind and do honest work.

I got a lot of opportunities and I was able to make the best of them.

I am a positive person, and I want to look ahead in life and do something for my parents and the country.

I grew up so poor and now I have an opportunity to provide for my family in a way that I never imagined. I take that in consideration and try to exploit every single opportunity because when it's over it's over, there are no redos.

Don't get me wrong: I've had a lot of fortune, to come where I've come from, to be able to move to Europe, to go racing. But I had that fortune behind me. I grabbed it with both hands, and I made the best of it.

I believe in following opportunities.

It's very important for me to show younger kids that when opportunities are there, you have to jump on them.

Live your days on the positive side of life, in tune with your most treasured values. And in each moment you'll have much to live for.

I want to have fun. It's a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.

Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don't settle for them.

I'm definitely doing better. I never realized that I would get the support that I've gotten from everybody - from my fans, to people that I've idolized my whole life. So it's overwhelming, it's amazing and I believe that everything happens for a reason so I'm in a really good place right now.

I will always think of myself as that girl that is 22 starting and really excited about everything and wanting to be amazing at everything. I always wanted to be the best stylist. That was it.

When people think it's successful, I'm grateful. When they don't - OK, I'll try again.

But I try not to become preoccupied with that because with whatever direction I follow, with whatever advice I've followed or not followed, It's landed me in New York, in a very beautiful hotel, talking to people about something that I love. So I ain't that far off.

I am so leading the life that I want and wanted and dreamed of as a kid. I'm trying very hard not to abuse it or take advantage of it.

While I'm here, I'm gonna milk it for all I can, so when I'm no longer hot - and I know that day is coming - I will step over here and enjoy everything I've created up to this point. The music is just opening all these doors, so I can relax.

My whole life, I've wanted things before I was ready. I was always pushing for the next job, the next success. I was so focused on achieving and the path that I was missing some great point about life.