taking control of one's destiny Quotes

Be the hero of your own life. Don't let somebody else play that role. (Vasu)

I think we make our own luck. Our parents give us life, but what we do with that life is our own responsibility.

It's the coward who says, 'This is fate'...It's the strong who stands up & says 'I will make my fate'

Whatever has happened in someone's past, the future is theirs to shape. The first step is to find a way out.

Everyone has the power to impact the outcome of his life. The way to do it is to focus on today. . . It is too late for yesterday. And you can't depend on tomorrow.

We and we alone have the power to change our lives, and we can choose to do so at any moment.

My life didn't please me, so I created my life.

I spent a lifetime giving my power away, assuming that everybody knew better what was right for me than me. And then there comes a point in your life you go, Oh, wait a second! There's an a-ha moment when you realize that the only person that can delegate your future is you.

In my years, I have seen that people must be their own gods and make their own good fortune. The bad will come or not come anyway.

I've come to realize that life is what you make it.

We can spend our days bemoaning our losses, or we can grow from them. Ultimately the choice is ours. We can be victims of circumstance or masters of our own fate, but make no mistake, we cannot be both. The Walk - Epilogue Page 288