Ed Davey Quotes

Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Find out what you're capable of.

Independence was something I really wanted from a young age and I think it really helped me make sense of myself, more so than perhaps say going to university would have done.

Every day, I feel I can do more things - not as a character but as myself.

Forget what everybody says. I know what I want to do and what I need to improve on. Nobody needs to tell me.

A self-willed man has no other aim than his own growth.

Mature striving is linked to long-range goals. Thus, the process of becoming is largely a matter of organizing transitory impulses into a pattern of striving and interest in which the element of self-awareness plays a large part.

I do believe in self-help.

It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.

You have to live through things. You can't have other people telling you to do that and do this. It's important to live through things.

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.

I've always been my own hitting coach.

I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker.

I don't have to do anything for anyone else's benefit anymore. I just want to exceed my own expectations.

I don't think anyone has made me except myself. I think I have done it on my own.

In a very slow way, I found my path. Even now, I think, 'If I can't do it my way, I'd rather not do it.'

I've grown a lot, and I'm learning every week.

When I was a kid I was very interested in the idea of the will, finding out what you're capable of. I liked those kind of challenges.

You are the master of your environment. You've got your own head, your own mind. So once you figure out what you want for yourself, you have to create the proper environment to make sure you can live out all the things you want.

I want my little girl to tell me who she is so I can encourage her and not impose my desires for her on her life. I want her to dream big and to know that if she is willing to earn it, she can have anything - and become anything.

Dream and give yourself permission to envision a You that you choose to be.

It's true that many of the leaders who started at non-elite colleges as undergrads later attended prominent graduate schools in law, business, medicine, and so on. But the point is that they found their own way there - as young men and women in their early 20s, not teenagers pressed into action by parents and peers.

The best thing about Berlin was that I got to be surrounded by people who pursue their ideas for themselves.

The best thing we can do is develop our own.

One creates oneself.

I'm going to do what I want to do. I'm going to be who I really am. I'm going to figure out what that is.