Joanna Lumley Quotes

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

When I turned 30, I had this epiphany that my life is my own and my choices are my own.

There are things one must do for oneself.

You just have to do your own thing, no matter what anyone says. It's your life.

The way I look at it, I'd rather make my own mistakes than have people make them for me.

People seem to think that life began with the achievement of personal independence.

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

I don't think anyone has made me except myself. I think I have done it on my own.

I try to not focus on what people expect from me.

Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.

My life choices are not supposed to be the gateway to somebody else's. That's my journey.

All of the things that have happened in my life have been self-propelled. I can't blame anybody else or point a finger at anybody.

I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow; if I fail, or if I succeed at least I did as I believe.

But the whole point of liberation is that you get out. Restructure your life. Act by yourself.

As you grow and mature, you will want and will earn more freedom to live your lives your way and to make your own choices. This you should do.

I always had that yearning, that hunger, to one day be independent and be my own person and build my own world. The most fulfilling thing is to live a life where you have freedom.

Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap.

We have to choose every day to be active participants. To wake up in the morning and choose this life and make something of it is an incredible thing. Not many living creatures have that option. We have so many opportunities and options - it's a huge burden, but it's also the most freeing part of our lives.

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.

You want to create your own path, no matter what situation you're in.

Regardless of whether one is a writer or a reader, one's task consists first of all in mastering a life that is one's own, not imposed or prescribed from without, no matter how noble its appearance may be. For each of us is issued but one life, and we know full well how it all ends.

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 think it's very important to send the message that, while parents are needed to remind you to practice and occasionally force you to finish things... they also need to learn to respect you. You as an individual, ultimately, are the captain of where you're going.

I like my life. I'm not living through anybody else's eyes, anybody else's life; I'm enjoying mine.

It's nice to finally be my own person.