Bradley Whitford Quotes

Take action. Every story you've ever connected with, every leader you've ever admired, every puny little thing that you've ever accomplished is the result of taking action. You have a choice. You can either be a passive victim of circumstance or you can be the active hero of your own life.

You don't wait for somebody to give you something. Then it's not going to happen.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.

Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.

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

The two important things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision.

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?

You might as well go through life the way you want to. If what you want is to be engaged and forceful, to 'lean in,' well, do that.

There's something magical about putting yourself into life. You've got to stand up and take responsibility for your own life and you cannot abandon that.

You shouldn't wait for other people to make special things happen. You have to create your own memories.

If you want something, you can't wait for someone to make it happen for you.

Years ago I learned to be totally responsible for Dionne Warwick. I will not wait for opportunities. I will create them.

If you don't make things happen then things will happen to you.

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them.

You don't have to be one of those people that accepts things as they are. Every day, take responsibility for changing them right where you are.

People like to blame others. I think a person should just look at their own situation, look around them, find out what they wish to do, and seek and go and do that. And that's it.

I want people to see that you don't need to rely on other people to make your dreams happen: you have to grab them yourself.

I won't sit in the corner, crying, waiting for people to give me things: things do not just fall from the sky.

Control your own destiny! Control your own destiny!

You have to make your own destiny.

My mother often told us that it is a poor dog that will not wag its own tail.

I've always been a very confident person, and I know how important it is to take advantage when life gives you opportunity.

Be the hero of your own life. Don't let somebody else play that role. (Vasu)