Frank McCourt Quotes

I'm learning how to drown out the constant noise that is such an inseparable part of my life. I don't have to prove anything to anyone, I only have to follow my heart and concentrate on what I want to say to the world. I run my world.

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

There are things one must do for oneself.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.

The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.

Sometimes people look to others for answers they can find within themselves. I don't really want the responsibility of being the guy they look to.

The only solutions that are ever worth anything are the solutions that people find themselves.

Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone.

It's a life's journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else.

Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.

Trust your gut. You know yourself, so don't let somebody else tell you who you are.

For me, a happy ending is not everything works out just right and there is a big bow, it's more coming to a place where a person has a clear vision of his or her own life in a way that enables them to kind of throw down their crutches and walk.

My father taught me you have to believe in yourself and run on your own track.

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.

Only the educated are free.

In silence - and in self-defense - I figured things out in my own little way.

You have to find it. No one else can find it for you.

The best thing we can do is develop our own.

Since being quite young, I've had a very strong sense of independence and survival. As a child, I was on my own two feet emotionally.

We become strong, I feel, when we have no friends upon whom to lean, or to look to for moral guidance.

Liberation does not come from outside.

Whether or not cutting my hair was the right decision, it empowered me.

Awareness is empowering.

I hope that people understand that with education, we can be our own superhero.