Marlo Thomas Quotes

I tend not to really think about what other people say. I'd rather just try and focus on what I'm doing, try and win basically.

I've always believed in myself, and it's such a long competition over two days, you can't worry about what anyone else is doing.

I know if I stay true to myself and stick to my guns, I will never fail myself.

I've discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing. They teach a writer to rely on his own judgment and to say in his heart of hearts, 'To hell with you.'

Always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody says distract you from your goals.

We must believe in ourselves as no one else will believe in us, we must match our expectations with the competence, courage and determination to succeed.

I'm the kinda person, you gotta fight for everything you get. You gotta believe in yourself.

Once you have been through a certain amount of things in life, you definitely grow more comfortable with yourself. To persevere and hang in there and believe in yourself.

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.

I don't lack confidence. I don't sweat. I don't want to get too Zen on you, but I have to run my own race.

It's a waste of energy to think about what somebody else is doing and how they doing it. I'ma just do what I do.

Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way.

The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life and working unerringly, neither depressed by failure nor seduced by applause.

I'm going to go to school. It doesn't matter what the outcome is as long as I did it. I can say I did it.

Believe in yourself when nobody else does.

All I need is my brains, my eyes and my personality, for better or for worse.

You've got to stand up and do your own battles. My daddy taught me that a long time ago, that you fight your own battles. The only way to shut everybody up is to win.

I learnt a lesson that you mustn't worry what people think if you are achieving your objective.

Greeks have always been very confident, very strong people. That is - that is our real, I guess, benefit, is that we are independent thinkers. We will always get up on our feet. We - we sometimes act the best when we are downtrodden.

Luke Cage isn't going to throw a pity party for himself. He literally says to himself, 'This is the world I'm in. These are the circumstances I have.' He's a self-made man. He's trying to continuously build, and that's what's interesting about him. He's a work in progress.

I train as smart as I can. I'm not concerned what others think. I do what works for me.

I've always been very determined to do things my own way and people can expect that from me.

I've gone through all of it: I've literally heard every single name in the book be told to me. So don't be discouraged by anyone as long as you're confident in yourself, and just keep doing what you're doing.

I just don't care what people have to say. I keep pushing toward what I want. It's just how I am. I don't know where I got it from.

My mother has taught me to be self-reliant, independent and ambitious. She has taught me to chase my goals even though nobody believes in you, you need to believe and you need to fly.