Leon Kass Quotes

Once I was able to take care of myself and my children, I then wanted to share.

Being able to take care of myself is something that my mom really instilled in me.

Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.

When you don't have anybody to take care of you, then you could go both ways: You could do whatever you want, or you could take charge and be your own parent.

I'm not much of a family man. I'm just not that into it. I love kids, I adore them, but I don't want to live my life for them.

In this life, you have to be your own hero.

There are things one must do for oneself.

I only do two things in my life, and that's take care of my kids and work. Fortunately, these are my favorite things to do, so it works out.

Children should have enough freedom to be themselves - once they've learned the rules.

In life, you can blame a lot of people and you can wallow in self-pity, or you can pick yourself up and say, 'Listen, I have to be responsible for myself.'

Becoming an adult means leaving the world of your parents and starting to make your way toward the future that you will share with your peers.

The way I look at it, I'd rather make my own mistakes than have people make them for me.

You only live once. Trying to do the right thing for other people often doesn't work out, and you have to follow your own path in order to make things work out best for everyone.

I think there are huge lessons there, for young people who are getting started in life, as well as other people. And that is, to take responsibility for your own life. Only you are responsible for the course you take from there.

I had been the dutiful son and husband for so long, I had forgotten about living for myself.

The idea that somebody else is going to swoop down and play the fairy godmother role is pretty unlikely, so why not take care of yourself?

I think I'm mostly looking forward to the college life. I'm looking forward to more freedom. Here everything is really structured and scheduled, but in college you've got to be more responsible and you can get things done on your own time. I'm really looking forward to that.

I certainly didn't have a nanny.

I think one of the defining moments of adulthood is the realization that nobody's going to take care of you. That you have to do the heavy lifting while you're here. And when you don't, well, you suffer the consequences.

Now is the one time in my life I can be 100% selfish. I'm not married; I don't have kids; I can focus on my career.

I am responsible for me. I can kind of take care of what I need to do and should do what I like to do.

I'm quite an independent person, and I had to be. As a boy and growing into a young man I had to look out for myself. And now I'm very family-oriented. It's a big priority in my life.

In America we tell our parents to bring their child home and put him or her in a crib; as they get older, children sleep in they own room not in Mom and Dad's room. What are we training them for? It's independence, because that's what being empowered is all about.

Yeah, I could go rock on the back porch and do crossword puzzles - but I've got six kids, ages 9 to 16, and someone in the family should work. That's me.

I knew that if-God forbid-anything ever happened in my life, I needed to know how to take care of myself.