Jewel Quotes

To me, it's like happiness is about happiness, but happiness is a fight.

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.

Happiness lies so far from man, but he must begin by daring to will it.

With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of a courtesan; it may be so, but I have the heart of a King. I live free, I enjoy myself, I can call myself happy.

I don't need anybody to tell me how to be alive.

We all have to work for happiness. And you cannot listen to other people. That is the worst mistake you can make.

I was not going to let people tell me what I'm capable of.

I've never felt like I was living in anyone's shadow. My life was what it was.

Don't let anyone tell you no - don't care about what anyone else thinks.

I'm going to make my own heaven. I'm going to struggle for it. I'm going to fight to earn everything I dream about.

Nobody's going to fight for you as much as you fight for yourself.

Don't be afraid to speak up for yourself. Keep fighting for your dreams!

I take up my own pen again - the pen of all my old unforgettable efforts and sacred struggles. To myself - today - I need say no more. Large and full and high the future still opens. It is now indeed that I may do the work of my life. And I will.

There's no way to convince people of your greatness. Whatever it is that you want to be, you have to know it inside and knife-fight your way to your dream.

You have to fight for what you need to fight for.

The power for happiness, for good, for everything we need of life is within each one of us. The power is there - unlimited power.

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.

Out of fear, out of the desire for approval, out of the misguided notions of duty, people surrender themselves-their convictions and their aspirations-every day. There is nothing noble about it. It takes far more courage to fight for your values than to relinquish them.

Out on the street I start to run; I need to breathe in this life, the trees, the warmth of my town. I will be able to control my own fate and I will know how to be happy. Happiness is something you lay siege to, it is a battle . . .

Your life is magnificent not because someone says it is, but because you choose to see it as such

What women need to understand is that you cannot save a child if you can't save yourself.

Health, happiness and success depend upon the fighting spirit of each person. The big thing is not what happens to us in life, but what we do about what happens to us.

Don't think of them now. Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them. You're here. It's our time and our life, not theirs. Don't struggle not to be happy. You are." - John Gault

We all struggle. I'm not saying any successful woman's life is without struggle. But it doesn't mean it has to be miserable.

I'm just doing what I wanted to and what feels right and not settling for bullshit and it worked. How can they be mad at that?