Wilma Mankiller Quotes

I was always led to believe you should take care of yourself, trust in your abilities and you're the author of your own destiny.

I chose to continue independent because, at the time I was being offered deals, it wasn't fitting into what I'd imagined. I decided to take a gamble on myself and see what happens.

I will always back myself to achieve what I can achieve. It is all down to me.

Put your future in good hands. Your own.

I think I have enough of a sense to know what works for me and what doesn't, without going into some big thing and analyzing what I do. I'm in a position that allows me to do what I want to do, and I do it.

Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.

If you believe in yourself and feel confident in yourself, you can do anything. I really believe that.

I do my own thing. And I believe what I do is the right thing.

Trust your gut. You know yourself, so don't let somebody else tell you who you are.

I don't listen to people's opinions. I have people around me who I can trust, but most of all I listen to myself.

Only you can control your future.

I think that certainly my choices empower me.

I trust myself. You need that to survive.

No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance.

Learn to bet on yourself and have confidence in your own decisions. No one knows your business better than you.

The one with the primary responsibility to the individual's future is that individual.

I'm not asking the public to trust me; I'm asking the public to trust themselves.

You always knows what's best for you.

Once you trust in yourself, you automatically want to go outside of yourself.

I'm creating my own future.

I'm in control of my life.

The best agent for me is myself.

I've never felt like I was living in anyone's shadow. My life was what it was.

I feel like I'm the chosen one, but I chose myself.

I'm in a situation where I can determine my own future.