Ruby Dee Quotes

This is not me, WWE doesn't define who Ashley is.

Don't let others define you. You define yourself.

I think the world would be a lot better off if more people were to define themselves in terms of their own standards and values and not what other people said or thought about them.

I never was a person who let people who have their ideas and their expectations of me dictate who I became.

I wanted to be myself. Only myself.

Don't change for nobody.

My life is not to be somebody else's impact - you know what I mean?

I don't ever apologize for who I am because then I let someone else decide who I am.

If you let society and your peers define who you are, you're the less for it.

People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known for myself.

Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.

Others will always seek to define you based on what they think you represent or who they think you are. But you have to be the one to control what you do and what you say and how you present yourself.

I don't like defining myself. I just am.

Be yourself, take control of your life.

Just in general, no matter what you're doing, be true to yourself. Never let anyone else dictate how you live your life.

I don't care what you say about me anymore! I don't care what you write about me anymore. I don't care! This is my life. I can't have anybody messing with my life. I just want to be Gerry Cooney, doing what I want to do. I want to be what I am. A fighter.

People try to tell me like that, 'Oh, you shouldn't be proud,' or, 'You're not this,' or, 'You aren't that,' or whatever the hell. I'm just kinda here to say, like, who is anybody else to tell me who I am or what I've gone through or what I haven't gone through?

People will always try to change you. They will always want you to be who they want you to be. That's fine because I'll always be exactly who I want to be.

I want to be myself.

I don't want to be someone else.

I want to be myself otherwise what's the point.

As a southern woman, we often define ourselves by who we are with. But I wanted my life to be built differently.

My image is me. I talk for myself. I didn't become this person others wanted me to be.

How you present yourself is nobody's business but your own. The stylists have an opinion. The hair people have an opinion. The fans and the management have opinions. Ultimately, you have to trust that you are the safe-keeper of yourself.

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.