Philippe Petit Quotes

I sleep at night; I do not think about anything. I put everything in my bag and go to sleep. Whatever you can do to me, it does not affect me. I started my life, my own life. I did not inherit it.

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

I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.

It is surprising to notice that even from the earliest age, man finds the greatest satisfaction in feeling independent. The exalting feeling of being sufficient to oneself comes as a revelation.

It was important to me and, I think, important to my parents that I be on my own and figure things out on my own and kind of forge my own path, and I'm really grateful for that.

Some people have tried to change me and tell me what to do, but I haven't done it, and it's worked for me.

I joined the army because I was a very self-sufficient young man. I always wanted to stand on my own two feet.

I can't let anybody tell me what I'm going to be.

I know what is best for me.

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

No one else has ever opened doors for me. I opened them myself.

My happiness is not dependent on others; it comes from within. Spiritual growth in a person is never encouraged, but it is important. I don't know why people want to judge others instead of doing their own thing. I firmly feel that I don't need to follow or live according to other people's rules. I like living life the way I want to.

I've always lived my life fearlessly, and what I want to do with my life, I do.

My desire is to be as independent as I can be, as long as I can be, subject to being effective.

I think that's important for all ages, to not be afraid of being an individual. I grew up on my own, as an only child, so early on I think I was quite capable of making decisions by myself and being an individual.

I don't have any influences, any heroes, it's just me.

I'm going to be true to what I want to do, because if I care what people think about me, I'm a puppet. Which I have been in my life. And you can't live life that way, man!

No one ever taught me how to shave; no one ever sat down to watch a Braves game with me. I paid for Yale myself, I lived by myself, I taught myself how to play the guitar. I did this all on my own.

I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.

By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way.

All I've ever needed is myself.

So many people always try to help me carry my luggage and help me do things I can do myself. If I can do it myself, I'm going to do it myself. I'm not going to let other people do it for me, and I think that's a big part of where I came from. I'm not a real prissy girl.

I do my own thing. And I believe what I do is the right thing.

One of mom's greatest acts of generosity was that she trained me to be defiant. Her great gift to me was encouraging me to be the person that I wanted to be, not the one that she and my father wished I was.

You don't have to burn books, you don't have to rebel against teachers to rebel; to rebel is to truly own your own self.