Gunnar Peterson Quotes

I like people who take responsibility for their lives.

You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.

All of the things that have happened in my life have been self-propelled. I can't blame anybody else or point a finger at anybody.

I only have control over what I do.

It's not my style to blame anybody else.

America wasn't made on blame; it was made on responsibility. Take off the training wheels in life and decide to take responsibility for your actions.

I don't believe in luck. Everything is our doing or undoing. If something doesn't come out right, then as a director, you have to take full responsibility. You can't just say, 'No, I gave this job to the music supervisor. They promised me they would do it, and they didn't do it.' You can't blame anyone else.

You're the only one who's closing your eyes at night. There's no one else who can do it for you.

I am not driven.

You can never control other people. You can only control yourself. I have definitely learned that.

A person's life is of their own making, and I take full responsibility for mine.

My dad has no control over who works with me. Me, me and me alone has to take responsibility for anything.

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

You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.

I know that no one can really stop me but myself and that really no one can help me but myself.

Only you can control your future.

As much as you may want to, you can't control what other people say or do; you can only control yourself.

Don't get yourself in certain circumstances or instances, because it's not a good feeling to be sitting in that chair where you've got 12 people that are in control of your life. You have an opportunity to be in control of your life for yourself by the decisions that you make.

Freedom comes with a lot of responsibility. When you are by yourself, you have to develop a third eye.

You decide the things that ultimately you do. You have choices in this world, and that's how I live.

I'm in control of the positions that I allow myself to be in.

I think people have to take responsibility for their own actions.

If you can't do something willingly and joyfully, then don't do it.

Freedom is control in your own life. I have more control now than in the past, and I'm learning the value of saying no. That's very important.

Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.