Jill McCorkle Quotes

I've paved this road myself, and no one else has walked it the same exact way that I have. There are people that helped kick the door in, but it's really satisfying to be in a place where you know who you are and you've figured yourself out.

Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.

You have to live through things. You can't have other people telling you to do that and do this. It's important to live through things.

For me, the times in my life when I've been single have been more formative and crucial than I could have imagined. I can cope, function and be happy on my own. I'm highly capable. That doesn't mean I don't like being with a partner, or that I don't feel more rounded when I'm with someone. But the times on my own have been so good.

Even if it's not what you planned, you can make a life for yourself on your own and be happy.

My plan growing up was to leave home and try not to panic. I always knew that to strive to be self-sufficient was an important ambition.

You have to find it. No one else can find it for you.

The best thing we can do is develop our own.

We all have to work for happiness. And you cannot listen to other people. That is the worst mistake you can make.

I have found people don't want to be told. That they can figure it out.

It was important to me and, I think, important to my parents that I be on my own and figure things out on my own and kind of forge my own path, and I'm really grateful for that.

More than anything, I think my connection to the sea has really helped me develop my independence and a sense of the importance and value of my own vision.

Independence was something I really wanted from a young age and I think it really helped me make sense of myself, more so than perhaps say going to university would have done.

The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.

I am my own Universe, I my own Professor.

Sometimes people look to others for answers they can find within themselves. I don't really want the responsibility of being the guy they look to.

The only solutions that are ever worth anything are the solutions that people find themselves.

Don't depend on a guy for your happiness. You have to live your own life and do your own thing. That's when good things come around - when you do your own thing and you're not worried about a man. It will happen in due time.

A sense of freedom is something that, happily, comes with age and life experience.

It's a life's journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else.

The more you create authentic power, the more the characteristics of authentic power become yours, and the more meaning, purpose and joy enter your life.

Our aim is to help the clients help themselves, not to tell them what to think.

I don't think anyone has made me except myself. I think I have done it on my own.

Hero shows you how to solve the problem - yourself.

My family advocates doing what fulfills your soul. They've always said, 'You're a big girl; figure it out on your own.'