Jill Ireland Quotes

People could tell me I was not good at something and, even if I wasn't, I told myself I was.

Be a victor , not a victim.

I don't believe in being a victim. I think with information and motivation, you can do anything.

I'm not a victim, and I don't need to behave like one.

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

I'm a big believer in overcoming and achieving and doing things and not feeling sorry for yourself.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.

Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.

You are bigger than your circumstances.

I do not allow myself to be overcome by hopelessness, no matter how tough the situation. I believe that if you just do your little bit without thinking of the bigness of what you stand against, if you turn to the enlargement of your own capacities, just that itself creates new potential.

Believe in your strength and your vision. Learn to repeat to yourself, 'It all depends on me'.

If you believe in yourself you can make yourself whatever you want to be.

Work hard for what you want because it won't come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.

I'm stronger than I think I am. Mentally, physically.

If you believe in yourself and feel confident in yourself, you can do anything. I really believe that.

It's a kind of philosophy of my own life, to create the energy enough to keep on going.

What used to drive me was the fact that I wanted to be better than everybody at something. One of my best qualities is that I used whatever other people found to be an adverse thing to be a positive thing for myself.

I think my spirit is far greater than it's ever been.

Perhaps I am stronger than I think.

I really built myself up, darn it, to be very strong.

I knew that I did not have to buy into society's notion that I had to be handsome and healthy to be happy. I was in charge of my 'spaceship' and it was my up, my down. I could choose to see this situation as a setback or as a starting point. I chose to begin life again.

If you focus on the things you can't do, you'll destroy yourself. Just remember everything you can do.

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

I say to people that it's a choice that we make every day in our lives. Doesn't matter what you're going through. You don't have to be going through what I went through. But it's whether you decide to get up or stay down, whether you say 'yes' or whether you say 'no' to life. Basically, I decided to say, 'Yes.'

I grew up thinking that whatever I wanted to do, I could do.