Petra Collins Quotes

To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom.

I'm for women choosing whatever they want to do but they have to really know what they are doing.

My goal is to just have options.

I don't make demands. I don't tell you how it should be. I'll give you options, and it's up to you to select or throw 'em away. That should be the headline: If you're insecure, don't call.

I enjoy making the decisions.

You can see my decision as either a distinctive factor or as a limitation. I don't feel it is a limitation.

If you're lucky enough to pick what you do, that's the greatest career you can have. Ultimately, that's my goal: to have choices.

Remember that you are not a damsel in distress, waiting for some prince to rescue you. Forget that prince. With your brain and your resourcefulness, you can rescue yourself.

I am my own woman.

I've always wanted to call the shots because I would rather fail than not have a chance to figure it out on my own.

I'm in a position that allows me to do what I want to do, and I do it.

My life and career is my own adventure.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.

I like to make decisions based on things I'm interested in doing, not what seems like the next move in my quote-unquote career.

I'm lucky to have the privilege of being able to choose what I want to do.

Women call me all the time and tell me, 'You inspired me to get out of a bad situation,' or 'You inspired me to take the reigns for myself and go and do this.' I try to tell people to live their best life, and do what you know you need to do for yourself and your family. You need to be supported.

You can stay true to yourself and your friends, you can do the right thing, you can do with your life whatever you want to. I think that's a lovely message.

Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice.

You can do what you want to do. You can be what you want to be.

I was a girl and became a woman. Something about having the freedom at home to be in the position I wanted, to have the people I wanted, was empowering.

Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.

In earnest, my dear brother, I am sorry for you from the bottom of my soul. Take my advice, and turn Huron; for I see plainly a vast difference between your condition and mine. I am master of my own body, I have the absolute disposal of myself, I do what I please.

I want kids to know: Don't wait for somebody to come along and tell you you're special. Because that may never happen.

Women can be powerful, graceful, and complex, with the ability to make any choice they desire.

I just kind of do my own thing, which has made me feel like a better player, a better pro because I'm in control of it. I don't have anybody who is pushing me to do something - I'm pushing myself.