Sri Mulyani Indrawati Quotes

Trusting people to pursue their own futures invariably provides better outcomes. Money goes where it is needed, rather than being absorbed by administration costs.

It was a question of helping a man prepare in the way that suits him best. The theory is if you give a man responsibility for his own actions, then it is up to him to accept that responsibility.

I spend my own money, not other people's money.

I was emancipated at 15. I went to school and had a full-time job and apartment, and ever since, I've been on my own, parenting myself.

We always did everything ourselves.

Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.

A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to our mental health, and our success, that we take control.

Can't nothing make your life work if you ain't the architect.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

I think I'm mostly looking forward to the college life. I'm looking forward to more freedom. Here everything is really structured and scheduled, but in college you've got to be more responsible and you can get things done on your own time. I'm really looking forward to that.

I pay all my own bills... I want to choose the man. I do not permit men to choose me.

My dad has no control over who works with me. Me, me and me alone has to take responsibility for anything.

I never wanted to rely on my family for money.

What is nice about this sport is that I am responsible for most everything.

Iraq assumes responsibility for its own future... They have got to step up.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

The first rule in opera is the first rule in life: see to everything yourself.

If I am to truly become an autonomous woman, then I must take over that role of being my own guardian.

Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be acquired.

I'm used to always deciding everything myself. It's a blessing, but also a terrible defect.

Nobody in Africa loves to be a beggar or a recipient of aid. Everywhere I go in Africa, people say, 'When are we going to stand up on our feet?'

I'm not sure there are a lot of things I'd want a manager for. I suppose I feel that at least the decisions I make are coming from me, and I'm not put into a situation that I wouldn't want to be in.

Every people should be originators of their own destiny.

That's the kind of motif I bring to the books - that people take charge of their own lives.

I have grown up alone. I've taken care of myself. I worked, earned money and was independent at 18.