Karen Salmansohn Quotes

I couldn't care what people are saying or not saying because I have my own life. I know who I am, I know who is Joanna Jedrzecjzyk. And I know who I want to be.

I really do see that anywhere I am, whether it's doing interviews a hundred in a row, that every situation I'm in, I'm at choice in the matter.

People are full of great advice... Professors, parents, friends mean well... But in the end, the person driving this thing called life is you. Listen to you. Spend time being alone. Learn your worth. Dream. And never forget where you came from.

You are the only thing holding you back from happiness. You have the ability to change your life radically for better or worse.

Having goals can be useful, but don't lose sight of how great you are and how much you can help yourself and others right now.

Others do not define you - you define yourself through your words and actions.

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

I think it's very important that we instill in our kids that it has nothing to do with their name or their situation that they're growing up in; it has to do with who they are as an individual.

I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.

The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

Everybody eventually discovers that they are an individual with the power to affect their own lives and make it better or not.

A solid sense of self will help a person to lead a full and happy life.

Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.

The knowledge that we are responsible for living the life we have is our most powerful tool.

I don't see myself beneath Beyonce and Jay Z; I don't see myself above them. I'm in my own world, hungry to grow.

I feel to invite women everywhere to rise to the great potential within you. I do not ask that you reach beyond your capacity. I hope you will not nag yourselves with thoughts of failure. I hope you will not try to set goals far beyond your capacity to achieve. I hope you will simply do what you can do in the best way you know.

I've always told Will, 'You can do whatever you want as long as you can look at yourself in the mirror and be okay.' Because at the end of the day, Will is his own man. I'm here as his partner, but he is his own man. He has to decide who he wants to be, and that's not for me to do for him. Or vice versa.

It's very clearly stated in the film: You make your own choices, and what you're always fighting is ego.

Don't let other people tell you what you want.

I do it because I can't seem to live with myself if I do not. I don't know any other way to be. It isn't something you can explain; it is just something that you do; it is something that you are.

Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.

You're not a product of your nature. That is your genetic makeup or your nurture, the things that have happened to you. Of course those things affect you powerfully, but they do not determine you.

In the inner city, there's a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for myself and took responsibility for every part of my life. No more pity parties. I've gotta love me more than anybody else loves me.

I want to be defined by my own essence.

You come to a point in your life when you really don't care what people think about you, you just care what you think about yourself.