George Meredith Quotes

The best thing we can do is develop our own.

For me, a happy ending is not everything works out just right and there is a big bow, it's more coming to a place where a person has a clear vision of his or her own life in a way that enables them to kind of throw down their crutches and walk.

I've paved this road myself, and no one else has walked it the same exact way that I have. There are people that helped kick the door in, but it's really satisfying to be in a place where you know who you are and you've figured yourself out.

The rule for every man is, not to depend on the education which other men have prepared for him-not even to consent to it; but to strive to see things as they are, and to be himself as he is. Defeat lies in self-surrender.

Woman must come of age by herself... She must find her true center alone.

Whereas before I was a young, blonde girl who would do what she was told. I know who I am as a person and I'm getting damn strong.

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.

I am my own Universe, I my own Professor.

It's a life's journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else.

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.'

My real guru are my experiences in life - the realisation that you are alone in this world came very early to me.

In silence - and in self-defense - I figured things out in my own little way.

You have to find it. No one else can find it for you.

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 tell my son Corey that the greatest teacher is the teacher who says, 'Don't follow me; follow yourself. Because within you there is that kingdom, that life, that force.'

More than anything, I think my connection to the sea has really helped me develop my independence and a sense of the importance and value of my own vision.

I had to find my own path, and in some ways, it's been a good thing.

You discover who you truly are only when you live alone.

The Virgin (and I'm not speaking here of a sexual virgin) is the one whose search springs from her complete independence, and everything she learns is the fruit of her ability to face challenges alone.

You cannot learn what you are made of if you rely on anyone or anything else to help you.

No one can tell you who you are and what you are made of, only you yourself know what you are made of, and only you yourself can do the work to become who you want to be.

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

Wake-up! Think for yourself, be yourself and return to what is real.

In life we often look to others for simple, but difficult answers, despite the fact that we have those answers ourselves.

Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.