Ashley Graham Quotes

I should have been trying to build a career, rather than leaving it in the hands of somebody else.

You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.

If you want something, you can't wait for someone to make it happen for you.

Years ago I learned to be totally responsible for Dionne Warwick. I will not wait for opportunities. I will create them.

If you wanna get out of a rut bad enough, it'll always happen. It's up to you, though. No one else is ever gonna do it for you.

Don't hope someone gives you an opportunity: create one for yourself.

You can't just wait for everybody to give you approval - you will just be waiting.

No one is going to give me opportunities. I've gotta take them.

You are never going to be driven anywhere worthwhile, but you sure as hell drive yourself to a lot of great places. It is up to you to drive yourself there.

The important message I heard about working out and what I want to share is that you create your own opportunities and your own limitations.

You get given an opportunity, and that is the jumping board; from there you have to build your own path.

Either I will find a way, or I will make one.

If someone else isn't making it happen for you, make it happen yourself.

Hold up a mirror and ask yourself what you are capable of doing, and what you really care about. Then take the initiative - don't wait for someone else to ask you to act.

Let every man feel that he is the architect and builder of his own life, and that he proposes to make a success of it by working.

By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way.

I am my own cheerleader. I am the one who puts my goals, who pushes myself to get to the next goal. I don't have someone next to me saying, 'Here you go, now do this, it's your next step, go for it.'

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

You shouldn't wait for other people to make special things happen. You have to create your own memories.

Nothing comes sailing by itself.

If no one's doing the creative work that you want to do, do it yourself.

You are the master of your environment. You've got your own head, your own mind. So once you figure out what you want for yourself, you have to create the proper environment to make sure you can live out all the things you want.

Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.

No one will improve your lot if you do not yourself.

I realised that if I did what I wanted to do, it would work.