Kristin Armstrong Quotes

For those men who, sooner or later, are lucky enough to break away from the pack, the most intoxicating moment comes when they cease being bodies in other men's command and find that they control their own time, when they learn their own voice and authority.

I didn't want anyone to have control over how people saw me. I wanted to have that power myself.

I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for one good thing I can do.

I don't believe I am influencing anybody but 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 enjoy making the decisions.

I had a desire to prove to myself that I was actually in control - that I wasn't a puppet.

You can't let your personal disposition be dictated by the world around you.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.

I have my own strength.

By philosophy the mind of man comes to itself, and from henceforth rests on itself without foreign aid, and is completely master of itself, as the dancer of his feet, or the boxer of his hands.

No matter what happens to you, you can maintain your own control about what you believe and who you are.

What I say goes. I'm hitting shots that I want to hit. I'm doing the things that I want to do. I play it my way.

I should not rely on the goodness of heart of anybody.

I really have no anxiety about controlling my own life.

I know what I do and what it means to me and where its sources lie, and that's mine. It still is mine.

I am going to walk away when I'm ready to walk away. Not because of a win or a loss.

There's this moment when kids realize that they have power and that they can use it.

I don't see myself in competition with anyone, I am in my own space; I don't follow anyone, though I appreciate good work always.

Even if there are people around to help you, you don't suffer with an audience; you don't triumph with an audience.

I've learned during my life that if I am in hell, I make my own glory. I've also been in glory, and perhaps I've made my own hell, but I certainly don't take anyone down with me.

I can perform whenever I want to, without the pressure of having to.

I believe I am the highest power, absolutely.

Only I know my life.

We make our own future; we govern ourselves, and to govern is to choose.