Julia Cameron Quotes

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

I think I've always been a follow-the-leader with my career, or maybe waiting for things to happen. Now I'm like, I'm OK-I know the direction, whoever's on board can go with me.

The question isn’t whether or not you should wait to be picked, the question is whether you care enough to pick yourself.

Our cultural instinct is to wait to get pickedNo one is going to pick you. Pick yourself.

we cant wait for someone else to do it, we have to take matters into our own hands or it will never be done.

The opportunity of a lifetime is to pick yourself. Quit waiting to get picked; quit waiting for someone to give you permission; quit waiting for someone to say you are officially qualified... and pick yourself.

Don't wait around for someone else to tell your story. Do it yourself by whatever means necessary.

Don't wait to be picked. Pick yourself.

There is something really nice about learning that you can take the reins of your life and your career.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

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

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

The gods help them that help themselves.

I have been in control of what I've been doing, of the career I've put together.

I don't want anyone to think I took this role in 'Downsizing' because it was the only role available to me. I'm not a passive participant in it.

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

Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope.

The power to affect your future lies within your own hands.

One of the biggest mistakes girls can make concerning their romantic life is sitting around waiting for their prince to find them, rather than getting out there and finding him themselves.

I'm coming to believe that there are two kinds of people... those who choose to be masters of their own fate and those who wait in chairs while other dance. I would rather be one of the former than the latter.

People who do not take charge of their lives are lathi-charged by time.

You want to be in the driver’s seat of your own life because if you are not, life will drive you.

I'm constantly reminding myself that the world owes us nothing. We have to make our way and we have to work hard, persevere and make our own way in the world because the world isn't waiting for us, so let's let the world know we are here.

People get good gigs because they stand up....You don't get picked. Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.