Geena Davis Quotes

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.

I am a great believer in people taking control of their own lives.

I run my own world, because I very firmly believe that my destiny, my future is in my hands and I don't want to blame anybody else for the path that I take.

Up to now I've done everything I've wanted to do the way I wanted to do myself.

Take destiny in your own hands.

I'm in control of my life.

I think it's important to be in control of my own destiny; to a lot of people I'm just a product, so I feel it's up to me to take a keen interest in what's going on around me. After all, it's my life.

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

Madonna has total control over her life, and not many women have that.

I'm going to do things when they are right for me.

I had a desire to prove to myself that I was actually in control - that I wasn't a puppet.

A person's life is of their own making, and I take full responsibility for mine.

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

I choose not to be at the whim of others. I want to be at my own whim.

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

I know that no one can really stop me but myself and that really no one can help me but myself.

Only you can control your future.

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.

You have to take control of your own life, your own destiny, and your own careers. You can't leave everything up to someone else, 'cause then you can look at them and blame them.

My work in government has flowed from the fundamental idea of personal empowerment. It's about giving people the tools they need to pave their own way.

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

What I do has to be a function of what I can do, not a function of what people ask me to do.

The more control you have over your life, the more responsible you feel for your own success - or failure.

Find the autonomy in your work. Autonomy is key to feeling good about the work you do, no matter what kind of work it is.