James A. Garfield Quotes

If you have to rely on yourself, you try harder, and when you try harder, you feel bigger.

I have an idea of who I want to be, I have a vision of my own success.

Your vision of where or who you want to be is your greatest asset.

We should all strive to be extraordinary, and that starts with a focus on our own capabilities instead of those of our opponents.

You should try to get what you want in life and try not to be limited.

You all have the potential to be what you wanna be.

Independence was something I really wanted from a young age and I think it really helped me make sense of myself, more so than perhaps say going to university would have done.

The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.

I'm so in control of my life, you shouldn't dislike anything I do-because I'm not only in the best place I've ever been, but it keeps getting better and better.

I'm not exactly ambitious as much as I have a very good realization of what I am and what I am capable of.

We can seize this time and do it our way and in the process be proud of ourselves and prosper as well.

I can't tell you if one day I'll be standing up there with an Oscar or directing, but I am going to be the best human being I possibly can.

I want to do the best I can and let everyone else worry about legacies.

I want my little girl to tell me who she is so I can encourage her and not impose my desires for her on her life. I want her to dream big and to know that if she is willing to earn it, she can have anything - and become anything.

No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, a superb character, a masterpiece.

Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.

It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

Maturity includes the recognition that no one is going to see anything in us that we don't see in ourselves. Stop waiting for a producer. Produce yourself.

Personal power gives you a sense of accomplishment. It enables you to live fully and zestfully. It provides you with a mature reason for liking yourself better. To state it another way, it is the mark of a healthy and well-adjusted individual to seek self-advancement by mastering his human relations.

I see myself as the best footballer in the world. If you don't believe you are the best, then you will never achieve all that you are capable of.

My idea of putting the city on is giving inspiration to others to want to put themselves on. You should never depend on someone else to put you on. I used to do that, and it didn't get me anywhere.

Being self-made means putting yourself in position to help others put themselves in position to be successful.

It's a very unique feeling - to be that strong and unbreakable. But I'm working towards it.

I knew myself. I knew where I wanted to go in life. I wanted to be the very best I could be in whatever I pursued.

I chose to go to CAA. I think me becoming my own man is going to make it easier, honestly.