Jada Pinkett Smith Quotes

I know what is best for me.

I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for one good thing I can do.

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.

I'm responsible for what I am and what I want to be. I'm not trying to live by another's standards.

I try to not focus on what people expect from me.

You come to realize that only one person can tell you what's expected of you, and that's you.

I'm not jealous of anybody, because I'm going to live my life the way I want to live it. I'm not going to be like, 'Oh my God they have this, I want that.'

All I have to do is what's right for me.

You can work for other people and still be a #GIRLBOSS; it's more about a state of mind and knowing yourself well enough to know when you're making decisions for yourself or because the world expects them of you. And guess what? It's okay to do that sometimes, too.

I have made the choices that work best for me. I know I cannot please everyone, and that's fine.

There will always be some people who think for themselves, even among the self-appointed guardians of the great mass who, after having thrown off the yoke of immaturity themselves, will spread about them the spirit of a reasonable estimate of their own value and of the need for every man to think for himself.

The true woman will not be exponent of another, or allow another to be such for her. She will be her own individual self... Stand or fall by her own individual wisdom and strength.

You always knows what's best for you.

I know what I need. I don't want people to tell me what I need.

I can't tell anybody else how to run their life or their business, but I really believe I've got a good bead on myself.

I've had to wean myself away to make sure that any choices I make are grounded in myself rather than the seeking of approval.

At the end of the day, I'm my own person.

I am who I am. I do what I do.

When you can analyze situations and figure out what's best for you, based on you and not some preconceived notion of what society expects, then nothing is a threat.

The hand you hold the longest is your own.

Independence is the only gauge of human virtue and value. What a man is and makes of himself; not what he has or hasn’t done for others. There is no substitute for personal dignity.

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

There are things one must do for oneself.

You need to be your own individual.

I think I have enough of a sense to know what works for me and what doesn't, without going into some big thing and analyzing what I do. I'm in a position that allows me to do what I want to do, and I do it.