La India Quotes

I set my own personal goals; I'm not playing to satisfy fans.

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

No one ever taught me how to shave; no one ever sat down to watch a Braves game with me. I paid for Yale myself, I lived by myself, I taught myself how to play the guitar. I did this all on my own.

Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.

It all has to come from inside, though, I guess.

When I was waiting tables, washing dishes, or mowing lawns for money, I never thought of myself as stuck in some station in life. I was on my own path, my own journey, an American journey where I could think for myself, decide for myself, define happiness for myself.

I always had a separate life than just my work. I built my own family. I have my own hobbies and interests. I have a ranch with livestock and horses. I didn't always get my self-esteem and identity from acting. I never worked unless I wanted to. I never did anything just to do it, just for the paycheck. I always did things that I liked.

It's not about the money for me.

I had a job when I was 10. I started living on my own when I was 17 or 18. I've earned my own money; I've traveled the world. What would I rebel against?

I don't depend on fighting or the UFC to live my life.

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

I don't really focus on other people's expectations of me. I only care what my own expectations are.

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

There are things one must do for oneself.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

Even though I wasn't sure I could make it as an indie, almost immediately I felt as if a weight had been lifted off me. To be as independent as I am and to be able to support myself is incredibly satisfying. Everything I want to do myself, I can.

I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.

My philosophy is very much to encourage my children to forge their own success and happiness, even though that will undoubtedly involve much more modest levels of wealth creation.

I don't believe I am influencing anybody but myself.

I never going to satisfy everybody, so I decided to satisfy myself.

I think that's important for all ages, to not be afraid of being an individual. I grew up on my own, as an only child, so early on I think I was quite capable of making decisions by myself and being an individual.

I'm responsible for what I am and what I want to be. I'm not trying to live by another's standards.

The will of man is his happiness.

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.

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