Gabriel Byrne Quotes

Nobody else will ever be able to save me if I’m not fighting as hard as I can to save myself.

In the inner city, there's a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for myself and took responsibility for every part of my life. No more pity parties. I've gotta love me more than anybody else loves me.

Who will save your soul, if you won’t save your own?

It is not the situation that makes the man, but the man who makes the situation.

I run my own world, because I very firmly believe that my destiny, my future is in my hands and I don't want to blame anybody else for the path that I take.

I don't want to be a strong hero who can save society. I just want to save myself.

Her beauty didn't do her any good and she couldn't use it in any positive way or manipulative way. I just hope that people will look and see and believe in that hope of love, that hope of freedom, even if it was just for a limited time.

But I also enjoy life... the more scrutiny I am under, the more confident I become. I am who I am. I can't do anything about it, and I love who I am.

I'm always uneasy with messages. I think if there is a message, it's about taking control of your life. Not becoming a victim. Be true to yourself. In essence it's about love in the drug culture.

I'd never kill myself for a man. I wouldn't do it for anybody.

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

I feel you're in charge of your own situation.

When I die, I will not be guilty of having left a generation of girls behind thinking that anyone can tend to their emotional health other than themselves.

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

I don't fight for anybody else besides myself and my family, so therefore I win.

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.

I do feel like I have set out a path of my life to never again be too small or too weak to protect the people I love.

I've got the ability to control my destiny, and I take pride in that.

I cant save you, you have to save yourself.

Today I will not wait for someone to come to my aid. I'm not helpless. Although help may come, I'm my own rescuer. My relationships will dramatically improve when I stop rescuing others and stop expecting others to rescue me.

The clear light of science teaches us that we must be our own saviors, if we are to be found worth saving.

The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands

What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. Your answers lie inside of you.

In this life, you have to be your own hero.

You can't save a person who doesn't want to be saved. It was like Mr. Eddie always told the new gardeners: Everybody's got to kill their own snakes.