Valerie Jarrett Quotes

All my life I been doin' what people tell me to do. Now, I'm telling them.

I'm going to stand up for what I need to do, not what everybody else wants me to do.

You might as well go through life the way you want to. If what you want is to be engaged and forceful, to 'lean in,' well, do that.

If you believe in your heart that you are right, you must fight with all your might to do it your way. Only dead fish swim with the stream all the time.

It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do.

Drag was always looked at as a stepchild, and I wasn't willing to sit at the kid's table anymore so I took what's mine. You can't depend on other people to give you what you want; you have to take it.

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.

I'm damn successful but I got here by not taking crap. I still don't take crap, so if anybody needs a champion, let it be me.

I always say it's worth doing what you want to do, not letting people manipulate you. It's worth holding out. It's worth having pride.

We will implement what we want. What we do not want, no one can impose on us

I decide my future. I decide what I want to do. Nobody else. If I decide this will be my last year, maybe it is. If I decide it will be my last contract, I decide that. Nobody else. So I will decide when the moment is there.

When I was growing up, my parents always told me that I had to do what I thought was right and not listen to other people. That was hard for me.

It's not always about convincing your parents of what you want to do, but just saying, 'This is what I'm doing; this is what I love.'

I have a really hard time with people telling me what to do.

Whatever you feel is right, whether that's moving to a new club or staying to fight for a position, everyone has a right to do what they want to do.

I'm not a very good yes man, and I'm not very easily controlled.

I don't feel like anyone should follow what I did.

If someone asked me to do something I didn't want to do or didn't think was right, I wouldn't do it.

Hey No one makes me do anything. Not my family. Not your family...not even you.

I'm not going to let fear rule my life. I'd rather be able to know that I've made a choice that's right for me, than saying yes because I don't want my agents to be upset with me.

I don't want anyone to tell me something.

Nobody will tell me what I can or I cannot do.

I do what I want. I try to be nice to everybody. When I fail, I try to apologize.

I've learned to really just say no. If I don't want to do something, I won't do it. There's nothing that can make me do anything.

You know what? I don't care. I'm going to do what I want to do.