Ricky Schroder Quotes

I'm my own person, and am trying to carve out a career on my own.

There are things one must do for oneself.

Even though I wasn't sure I could make it as an indie, almost immediately I felt as if a weight had been lifted off me. To be as independent as I am and to be able to support myself is incredibly satisfying. Everything I want to do myself, I can.

I don't believe I am influencing anybody but myself.

I'm responsible for what I am and what I want to be. I'm not trying to live by another's standards.

I want an identity outside of my work.

No one ever taught me how to shave; no one ever sat down to watch a Braves game with me. I paid for Yale myself, I lived by myself, I taught myself how to play the guitar. I did this all on my own.

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

I don't have to do anything for anyone else's benefit anymore. I just want to exceed my own expectations.

The big things I've had are things I bought myself.

I've run into certain geniuses of individualism - they are very few and far between - who live their lives completely on their own terms; they are very powerful and have a great amount of happiness. We all should aspire to that.

Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.

It's important for me to be free and know I'm acting for myself. I do things because I want to, and that's important. You want to be your own person.

My father raised me to think independently and follow my own path in life.

I am responsible for me. I can kind of take care of what I need to do and should do what I like to do.

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

Life is about making your own happiness - and living by your own rules.

I have great friends around me that are positive and I think that's the key to life is making your own path. Set your own rules because there is no set rule, there is no set look, there is no set anything. You make your own rules in your life. You make your own decisions.

Even if it's not what you planned, you can make a life for yourself on your own and be happy.

When I was waiting tables, washing dishes, or mowing lawns for money, I never thought of myself as stuck in some station in life. I was on my own path, my own journey, an American journey where I could think for myself, decide for myself, define happiness for myself.

You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how much healthier your decisions are once they become entirely selfish.

You can work for other people and still be a #GIRLBOSS; it's more about a state of mind and knowing yourself well enough to know when you're making decisions for yourself or because the world expects them of you. And guess what? It's okay to do that sometimes, too.

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

Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.

In a personal context, I'm not in the ground, and I'm not in an institution. So I guess I'm doing pretty good.