Niecy Nash Quotes

Things don't weigh me down any more. I confront things, and I move on. I don't dwell on things; I don't let things simmer under the surface. I am where it starts and where it ends. I have the power in my life to be happy.

You are the master of your own ship, pal. There are lots of people who fall into troubled waters and don't have the guts or the knowledge or the ability to make it to shore. They have nobody to blame but themselves.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.

At the end of the day, just know that God made you, so you can be your own individual, and don't let people give you that peer pressure.

No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent.

We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.

No matter what happens to you, you can maintain your own control about what you believe and who you are.

Your character - you own it. That's something you have to grab hold of on 'This Is England'. Your character is your character.

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

I'm not a victim, and I don't need to behave like one.

It's easy to fall into victim mode and feel like the world is against you. The truth is, people aren't against you: they're just for themselves. The only thing within your control is how you react and respond to the chaotic dance of life.

Too often, we are being programmed by the environment around us to behave differently. But I think a true leader is an authentic person who feels good about who he is.

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.

There was no person, whether they thought I was too fat, too black, too country, too ghetto, too New York, too thug or too whatever! Nobody ultimately had the say over whether or not I was going to make it.

I don't believe I am influencing anybody but myself.

No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.

I'm just a human being that is in touch with myself. And I'm honest with myself. And I really, at the end of the day, don't care what people say. I never cared about what people say.

Everybody is not a victim.

You can never control other people. You can only control yourself. I have definitely learned that.

No one can occupy your generosity except you. Who can occupy your patience when impatience roars through you? Who except you can choose not to act with judgment when all of your thoughts are judgmental? Your life is yours to live, no matter how you choose to live it. When you do not think about how you intend to live it, it lives you.

I believe I am the highest power, absolutely.

Only I know my life.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

You can't ever put yourself in a position where someone is requiring you to inhabit somebody else's energy. You have to own your thing, or own it with very fiber of your being.

In real life, every person is the leading man or woman. We don't think of ourselves as supporting or character actors.