India Arie Quotes

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

I don't think about what other people want from me.

The most terrifying thing for most everybody in the whole Western World is to take responsibility for your own life and to experience real freedom.

I have great friends around me that are positive and I think that's the key to life is making your own path. Set your own rules because there is no set rule, there is no set look, there is no set anything. You make your own rules in your life. You make your own decisions.

I don't live in France; I live in myself.

But the whole point of liberation is that you get out. Restructure your life. Act by yourself.

I have found people don't want to be told. That they can figure it out.

I always had that yearning, that hunger, to one day be independent and be my own person and build my own world. The most fulfilling thing is to live a life where you have freedom.

I have absolutely no regrets. I have been conscious of what I was doing and I have never been willing to give up that particular freedom.

I was in this sheltered little environment where, basically, all my high school experience was in 'Life Goes On,' and everyone told me where to go, what to do, how to think - I never had to do anything for myself.

Everyone just needs to be his own man.

I think it's important to be in control of my own destiny; to a lot of people I'm just a product, so I feel it's up to me to take a keen interest in what's going on around me. After all, it's my life.

Independence is doing what you want to do, knowing that you're happy with the decisions you're making and that it's the best for you.

I want to be my own person.

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

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

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.

My desire is to be as independent as I can be, as long as I can be, subject to being effective.

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.

Freedom is just another word: It seems to get truer the older I get.

I am a great believer in people taking control of their own lives.

I know how important it is to, you know, to be my own person.

I don't have to do anything for anyone else's benefit anymore. I just want to exceed my own expectations.

Up to now I've done everything I've wanted to do the way I wanted to do myself.

I've run into certain geniuses of individualism - they are very few and far between - who live their lives completely on their own terms; they are very powerful and have a great amount of happiness. We all should aspire to that.