Laura Whitmore Quotes

Follow your own path.

It's such a liberating feeling to go out of your comfort zone, to be independent and strike out on my own without my parents.

I feel like there's something in me that desires to express myself even more and not be so afraid of a solo endeavor.

It was the first time I traveled alone, but I was not scared.

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

It was important to me and, I think, important to my parents that I be on my own and figure things out on my own and kind of forge my own path, and I'm really grateful for that.

Moving to New York City by myself at 17 was certainly my bravest moment. I bought a one-way ticket and stayed with a friend of a friend and figured it out along the way.

The staging for 'Monsters' is all about me getting free. In the beginning I'm like tied, in a dark place... until I am scared no more, and I'm taking the lead of my life, I'm being the queen of my life, I'm ruling the world! In the end I'm taking a risk, but I'm taking the leap of faith.

I need to go out there and run my own race, and have fun with it.

Next time I'll be braver, I'll be my own savior, Standing on my own two feet.

Cherish your solitude. Take trains by yourself to places you have never been. Sleep out alone under the stars. Learn how to drive a stick shift. Go so far away that you stop being afraid of not coming back. Say no when you don’t want to do something. Say yes if your instincts are strong, even if everyone around you disagrees. Decide whether you want to be liked or admired. Decide if fitting in is more important than finding out what you’re doing here. Believe in kissing.

What other people think of me is none of my business. One of the highest places you can get to is being independent of the good opinions of other people.

Life choices and projects and photo shoots, I can't base them on anybody else but myself. I've done things where I'm like, "Do I want my dad to see this? I don't know!" But the best lesson I can teach my sisters, or any younger women, is "Do what YOU do. Don't follow me, follow you."

Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.

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.

You cannot live your life looking at yourself from someone else's point of view.

It's interesting when you've been a partner with someone for so long. So now to sing solo and starting all over again I am learning that I am more bodacious than I thought. I don't know where it's coming from but I am glad.

Yes, you must have the courage of being free.

Don't depend on a guy for your happiness. You have to live your own life and do your own thing. That's when good things come around - when you do your own thing and you're not worried about a man. It will happen in due time.

You cannot belong to anyone else, until you belong to yourself.

There has to be room for people to make mistakes and lead their own lives.

I don't care what other people think any more about me writing my own parts.

Follow your own star!

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.

I do my own thing. And I believe what I do is the right thing.