Bill Cosby Quotes

I'm not a victim, and I don't need to behave like one.

I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.

I'm not a victim.

Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.

I am not a victim. I do not blame anyone for the circumstances of my life.

You are the master of your own ship, pal. There are lots of people who fall into troubled waters and don't have the guts or the knowledge or the ability to make it to shore. They have nobody to blame but themselves.

Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims.

I don't believe in being a victim. I think with information and motivation, you can do anything.

Nobody is going to love and honor your dreams like yourself. It's really not looking for someone to be your superhero but for us to save ourselves and to really understand that. I've been at the lowest of lowest of my life, and it took that for me to realize that I want to do better and to be better.

Of all the things I feel, I do not feel myself to be a victim - not in any collectively accessible way.

I'm not one to fall back into the corner and put my fate in someone else's hands. I tend to believe anyone in my position would do the same thing.

I don't do the victim mode. I don't do blame. I can't bear that.

People say 'Poor guy.' That insults me. I despise sympathy. So I screwed up. I made some mistakes. 'Poor guy,' like I'm some victim. There's nothing poor about me.

You only get to be a victim once. After that, you're a volunteer.

You cannot be successful and continue to be a victim.

I'm not blaming my mom for my life because I am responsible for me, and nobody can change me or ruin me easier than I can.

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

I'm not interested in playing the victim. I like stories about survivors.

Hero shows you how to solve the problem - yourself.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.

I have my own strength.

If I don't see myself as a victim, then I'm not a victim.

You've got to stand up and do your own battles. My daddy taught me that a long time ago, that you fight your own battles. The only way to shut everybody up is to win.

Women call me all the time and tell me, 'You inspired me to get out of a bad situation,' or 'You inspired me to take the reigns for myself and go and do this.' I try to tell people to live their best life, and do what you know you need to do for yourself and your family. You need to be supported.