Angelica Ross Quotes

The [nonprofit] sector enhances our creativity, enlivens our communities, nurtures individual responsibility, stirs life at the grassroots, and reminds us that we were born free.

In fact, I have the privilege of traveling around our country and meeting people all over the country who are making a huge difference in the lives of their neighbors and themselves. That's what I'm really fortunate to be able to do.

My foundations support people in the country who care about an open society. It's their work that I'm supporting. So it's not me doing it. But I can empower them. I can support them, and I can help them.

Hero shows you how to solve the problem - yourself.

I want to help find opportunities for people to become active participants in their communities.

My greatest work comes in the community.

Good entrepreneurs are community builders, actively involved with their communities and dedicated to the community's well being. If you're dedicated to your community, it will be dedicated to you.

I hope that people understand that with education, we can be our own superhero.

It is only by giving people the tools to empower themselves will they be able to achieve their potential.

One of the things I stress to those I meet, especially young people, is that we are the heroes of our own lives, and we can be the masters of our own stories.

I'm doing work in the community.

The only thing I have to say to people - try being the hero of your own world one day. Don't spend your life thinking about what somebody did or if they failed at this or if they did great at that or they got caught with a monkey, in a bathtub, having sex. You should at one point become the hero of your own world.

I invented myself.

Your life must be a progression towards ownership - first mentally of your independence, and then physically of your work, owning what you produce.

Always take your own path. And do what feels right for you.

The stories I want to tell are when we're our own heroes and our own enemies, and I don't think that's a rude thing to ask for. I don't think that's something I should apologize for.

You just get out there and be what you want to be. That's part of evolving and part of staying true to yourself - part of remaining alive in a real authentic, long-term sense creatively: not listening to what other people tell you to be.

I want women to learn to find themselves.

You want to create your own path, no matter what situation you're in.

I'm not doing anything for anybody. I'm doing what I do.

I don't have a career, I have a life. I don't have an exterior judgment on what would be good or bad for me.

We are often raised as dependents then given over to teachers. It's experience and exploration that can transform us and lead to mastery.

When you do it yourself, you feel better.

Atlanta has become and has always been a place where you create your own universe.

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.