Johnny Cash Quotes

What people say isn't going to stop me. I have to do things for myself.

You can make your own way. It's about getting out there and not letting rejection get you down.

I have a tattoo on my arm that says, 'The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.'

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

I've realised that I am who I am and that is it. Like it or lump it. I'm not around to please anyone any more, and it's a huge relief.

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

You might as well go through life the way you want to. If what you want is to be engaged and forceful, to 'lean in,' well, do that.

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 guess my personality is that of a modern, strong Chinese woman. I don't believe in destiny. There are many things that can be changed. I don't like to be defeated by difficulties. I love freedom, so when I am shaping a character, I usually do it the way I want. I always find some part of my own character in a role.

I would say to someone, 'Make your own stuff sooner.' Also, it's OK to say no to something if it doesn't feel right.

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

From the beginning, I wanted to live my own life, and patiently I shored up that desire against wind and tide.

Every once in awhile we may fall on our face, but we insist on doing what we wanna do.

If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.

We can and we will solve our problems for ourselves. We know how. We can, and we will.

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.

I do everything as honestly as I can. I give all I have to give. But I don't let people get in my way.

I was not going to let people tell me what I'm capable of.

When I was four, my mother insisted I get out of the car and find my own way home. Although I got lost, I did find my way home. It taught me the value of independence at an early age.

My father didn't want me to go to New York City, and I was determined to go. Learning to give myself the permission to be who I was in the world and to make my own choices was hard.

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.

You know what, I'm out there to give 100%, and I do what I think is best. I really don't care what other people think.

Don't let nobody try to stop y'all from doing what y'all trying to do man.

The staging for 'Monsters' is all about me getting free. In the beginning I'm like tied, in a dark place... until I am scared no more, and I'm taking the lead of my life, I'm being the queen of my life, I'm ruling the world! In the end I'm taking a risk, but I'm taking the leap of faith.

I don't worry about other people, and I don't let them influence me too much. I try to find out what I want to do and not what other people want me to do.