Laura Hillenbrand Quotes

This is not me, WWE doesn't define who Ashley is.

When who you are and what you are is not decided by any external forces, then you are in dignity.

Don't change for nobody.

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.

Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.

Most people are defined by their titles, their cars, their house, where they came from, their color, their race, their religion. And so it's up to you to take control of your own life and define you. As long as you understand who you are and you have a solid foundation of understanding what your talents are, what your skills are.

One doesn't want one's identity coerced.

Others will always seek to define you based on what they think you represent or who they think you are. But you have to be the one to control what you do and what you say and how you present yourself.

Don't let others define you. You define yourself.

Never let anyone define what you are capable of by using parameters that don't apply to you.

My whole life is not defined by what Hollywood does.

I never was a person who let people who have their ideas and their expectations of me dictate who I became.

People try to tell me like that, 'Oh, you shouldn't be proud,' or, 'You're not this,' or, 'You aren't that,' or whatever the hell. I'm just kinda here to say, like, who is anybody else to tell me who I am or what I've gone through or what I haven't gone through?

I always told myself I will never let football define who I am; I would only let in enhance who I am.

I don't want to be someone else.

You're not going to scare me into being somebody I don't want to be.

What I want to represent for my daughters is that you can always stay true to yourself and still be successful.

Others do not define you - you define yourself through your words and actions.

I decided I would never let anyone decide who I was.

You choose who you want to be.

I can't change my skin. I won't change my voice. I can't change my confidence.

Human dignity ... is derived from a sense of independence.

Never let anyone define you. You are the only person who defines you. No one can speak for you. Only you speak for you. You are your only voice.

But I am more than a name. More than they tell me

Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves.