Alison Pill Quotes

If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?

I've lived my whole life in the life - I've lived my whole life doing the thing, I've been doing my own thing. And I think my life speaks volumes about what one must do.

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

Ultimately, you have to pursue your own path, not someone's idea of the right path. You need to stay on your path.

There's no pressure; like Kate said, it is about carving your own future. No one is going to try to fill my mother's shoes; what she did was fantastic. It's about making your own future and your own destiny, and Kate will do a very good job of that.

Man must assume responsibility for the direction of his life and destiny.

Everyone's path is their own.

I don't fight for anybody else besides myself and my family, so therefore I win.

There's no path to success. Everyone constructs their own path. The important thing is to follow your heart. Find your niche, is my best advice.

I don't believe in legacy. I feel that the 'mega' tag definitely acts as a platform, but after that, it's all on the individual. Legacy does not mean a crown that is passed on; we have to create our own paths.

I want to follow my path.

We have to pilot our own dreams - we cannot entrust them to anyone else.

There is something infantile in the presumption that somebody else has a responsibility to give your life meaning and point… The truly adult view, by contrast, is that our life is as meaningful, as full and as wonderful as we choose to make it.

Everyone's gotta make their own way.

In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

The divine is God's concern; the human, man's. My concern is neither the divine nor the human, not the true, good, just, free, etc., but solely what is 'mine,' and it is not a general one, but is - 'unique,' as I am unique. Nothing is more to me than myself!

In the end, I want to be able to say, 'My life was what I made it.'

I think there are huge lessons there, for young people who are getting started in life, as well as other people. And that is, to take responsibility for your own life. Only you are responsible for the course you take from there.

Unless someone has walked in your shoes, you really can't judge. Everyone needs to make the best choice for their life.

It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own choosing; when we do, the performance is itself the wage.

As I told the students every time I visited a campus, you are the director of your own movie, and if you aren't enjoying what you are doing, change it.

We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams.

I'm human, I'm not perfect. I make mistakes all the time, but I guess my job is to keep those mistakes to myself, which I'm already fine doing and just try to be the best I can be for those kids.

I don't want to be a strong hero who can save society. I just want to save myself.