Judith Viorst Quotes

You have to separate yourself from your parents. You do. In order to find yourself.

My life choices are not supposed to be the gateway to somebody else's. That's my journey.

It's nice to finally be my own person.

I've always wanted to be my own person. Even when I was 'Noah who rode horses,' I wanted to be Noah Cyrus, not anyone else or a family member.

As a southern woman, we often define ourselves by who we are with. But I wanted my life to be built differently.

One of the things my parents taught me, and I'll always be grateful as a gift, is to not ever let anybody else define me; that for me to define myself. and I think that helped me a lot in assuming a leadership position.

Hold your own. Know your name. And go your own way. And everything will be fine.

I know how important it is to, you know, to be my own person.

People tell you the world looks a certain way. Parents tell you how to think. Schools tell you how to think. TV. Religion. And then at a certain point, if you're lucky, you realize you can make up your own mind. Nobody sets the rules but you. You can design your own life.

I want to be fulfilled in myself, rather than try to follow exactly in my father's footsteps.

The older you get, the more you fight for your own identity and start to live your own life.

Be yourself, take control of your life.

I don't think anybody can be told how to act. I think you can give advice. But you have to find your own way through it.

I think, when you are growing up, you have to pull apart from what your mother wants or needs. You've got to go your own way, and that's what I did.

I need space to grow and get old and be a human being. I don't want to be trapped in your ingenue bubble. And I don't agree with it either, by the way.

Everyone is different, and each has to create his or her own path, irrespective of who their parents are.

I am my own person with my own experiences, personality, and definition of success.

I'm solo, and I love being solo. I believe I went through the Roses so I could become a solo music-maker. That's what I believe.

You're your own person, and it's about you. I'm my own person, and it's about me. Everyone has their own life.

I am my own man now; I can think for myself, whereas when I was 20, 21, I always wanted to please others.

I don't want to be like anyone else or do what someone else did. I want to be like me and do what's best for me. I can't go do stuff Cardi B did - that may not work for me.

I want to be my own character.

I'm not trying to live anybody else's life.

I want to be my own person.

You gotta do things your own way. You have to find your own path. You have to take what appeals to you and leave all the rest.