Jon McGregor Quotes

I think 'One Woman Army' sums up the overall picture. I talk about love, about life, and I talk about what I want and would hope for and what I need as a woman. It kind of just says it all, you know?

I skate just to satisfy my own desire and not care about other people's desire for me to do well.

For many young women, the dream of independence and a home of their own is a tantalising goal, while a lifetime devoted solely to catering for another person's needs would be hard to countenance.

I never set out to be rich and famous. I wanted to follow my own path.

I wanted success, but I wanted it on my own terms.

I like to do research. It gives me a sense of ownership. That's very powerful for me as an actor to just own it.

That's what I'm doing. I'm trying to follow what I want to do as my dream. How do I become independent from everybody else?

I know what I need. I don't want people to tell me what I need.

To hell with love of country - I compete for myself.

You cannot make somebody else responsible for your own happiness.

I'm not embarrassed to say I want to be successful, but only on my terms.

I wanted to pursue my own thing - I had desires, ideas I wanted to accomplish, and I needed to be on my own for that.

I'm just focused on me.

As her mother, I am always there, but Alia knows what she wants both professionally and personally.

I've never been one to check for what the next person is doing. My circumstances and my mind have set me apart and I will never blend in.

I think of the women I know, and very few of them are obsessed with shopping, or with getting a guy - they want their own thing, they have their own network going on.

There is no help for you, outside yourself; You are the creator of the universe.

The best you'll ever do is to understand yourself, know what it is that you want, and not let the cattle stand in your way.

We have to pilot our own dreams - we cannot entrust them to anyone else.

On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.

We cannot work for others without working for ourselves.

Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be ye a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp; hold fast as a refuge to the truth. Look not for refuge to anyone besides yourselves.

The more independent you want to be, the more generous you must be with yourself as a woman.

The only person who is going to give you security and the life you want is you.

No one knows you better than you know yourself. Do the thing you want. Don't wait for someone else