Pranab Mukherjee Quotes

We can be a free and independent country and will prosper if given a proper chance.

My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house and made me find my own way home across the fields. I got hopelessly lost.

What people say isn't going to stop me. I have to do things for myself.

Be able to live alone, even if you don't want to and think you will never find it necessary.

We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it.

Everybody is not a victim.

Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command.

I've lost jobs before; I've had contracts not renewed, and it didn't get me down. I didn't get upset; I just keep it moving. That has always been the case, and that will always be the case. You must look out for you.

I am very resourceful, as any woman would be.

I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.

Strong people don't need strong leaders.

Whatever happens with my career, I'm going to prosper no matter what.

I have to thank my mum for kicking me out at 16 and making me stand on my own two feet - that's how I got here.

I grew up with just my mom. She and I were like best friends. She's a very independent woman and I admire that about her. In my life, I've tried to be like that. To be okay with being on my own and being independent.

I hope my books empower kids, and that they learn how to work out their problems themselves.

You are the master of your own ship, pal. There are lots of people who fall into troubled waters and don't have the guts or the knowledge or the ability to make it to shore. They have nobody to blame but themselves.

There ain't nothing from the outside that can lick any of us.

So many people always try to help me carry my luggage and help me do things I can do myself. If I can do it myself, I'm going to do it myself. I'm not going to let other people do it for me, and I think that's a big part of where I came from. I'm not a real prissy girl.

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

You have to hold your bloody own or you're lost.

We can seize this time and do it our way and in the process be proud of ourselves and prosper as well.

You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.

I am not a snowflake. I am not a sweet, infantilising symbol of fragility and life. I am a strong, fierce, flawed adult woman. I plan to remain that way, in life and in death.

As an actress, I have put myself out there as an independent black woman, a single mom, a go-getter, a hustler who isn't afraid to survive.

I've always wanted to call the shots because I would rather fail than not have a chance to figure it out on my own.