Carol Channing Quotes

It doesn't matter what people think of me. I've lived my life.

I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.

People can hate on you for doing what it is that makes you happy, but ultimately, it has to belong to you. It shouldn't matter what anyone else thinks. Life is not easy. The road to happiness is not a path well trotted. You have to find your own path to enlightenment.

I have made the choices that work best for me. I know I cannot please everyone, and that's fine.

I don't have to prove my life. I just have to live.

I don't really care any longer what other people think.

I'm at a place in my life right now where I'm very happy, very content. I'm finally OK with the idea of who I love, who I want to be with.

I wanted to be myself. Only myself.

I love to reinvent myself, and that's because I am a very free person. I do what I feel, and I love who I am.

Today, charting your own course isn't just more necessary than ever before. It's also much easier - and much more fun.

I'm not focused on what other people think of me.

I'm at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.

I don't have to show anything to anyone. There is nothing to prove.

I'm not jealous of anybody, because I'm going to live my life the way I want to live it. I'm not going to be like, 'Oh my God they have this, I want that.'

You can't base your life on other people's expectations.

We women feel we are here to serve. That's the mistake we make. We may have children, husbands, lovers, bills, responsibility. Those things don't own us, but too often we let them.

I don't feel like I have to prove anybody right or wrong.

I am who I am, that's who I want to be, and that should be enough.

Learning to live with not meeting other people's expectations has been extremely freeing and is the only gift I wish to pass on to any future offspring.

Honestly, going solo is the second best thing that's ever happened to me after my kids.

You're not free in life until you're free of wanting other people's approval.

I don't have to prove anything to anyone.

I want to inspire people to follow their own dream, not what the world wants for them.

To me, being worth it means being independent and carving your own path. The L'Oreal woman is worth it because she wants to be.

I want to follow my path.