Joss Whedon Quotes

Freedom comes from strength and self-reliance.

I like strength. I depend on my own.

I don't allow people's outlook on me dictate what I do in my life and how I live my life.

I wasn't going to let anything control me.

I don't need anyone to hold me, I can hold my own.

If you are weak, dependent upon others, inclined to allow yourself to be dominated by opinion, to take root wherever you see a little soil, make for yourself a shield that will resist everything, for if you yield to your weaker nature you will not grow, you will dry up like a dead plant, and you will bear neither fruit nor flowers.

I'm in control of my life, not anyone in Hollywood.

My mom raised me to never have anything control me.

Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us.

When you make the right decision, it doesn't really matter what anyone else thinks.

The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life and working unerringly, neither depressed by failure nor seduced by applause.

My mom was an orphan, and there was never anybody to tell her what she could or couldn't do. At the core, she's probably an artist - an artist and a feminist.

I'm at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.

You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.

You can't let your personal disposition be dictated by the world around you.

The strong man is strongest when alone.

I have my own strength.

He is great enough that is his own master.

We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves.

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?

Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me.

I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves.

In earnest, my dear brother, I am sorry for you from the bottom of my soul. Take my advice, and turn Huron; for I see plainly a vast difference between your condition and mine. I am master of my own body, I have the absolute disposal of myself, I do what I please.

My only power is my ability to do something with passion and do it well. It's also something someone cannot take way from me, so it's very valuable.