Alfred de Musset Quotes

My mom raised me to never have anything control me.

Since being quite young, I've had a very strong sense of independence and survival. As a child, I was on my own two feet emotionally.

I'm not going to let other people set my limitations.

Next time I'll be braver, I'll be my own savior, Standing on my own two feet.

The only thing I have learned is to find strength in yourself. No one can help you, no one can do anything for you, you have to do the work yourself.

The rule for every man is, not to depend on the education which other men have prepared for him-not even to consent to it; but to strive to see things as they are, and to be himself as he is. Defeat lies in self-surrender.

In time, she learned to develop her own opinion of the people that she worked for, and she got stronger. Think she's now much stronger. In the beginning she wanted to believe she was strong but sometimes she faltered.

There are things one must do for oneself.

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

I am not driven.

You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.

My father taught me you have to believe in yourself and run on your own track.

You can't let your personal disposition be dictated by the world around you.

The strong man is strongest when alone.

Of my own spirit let me be in sole though feeble mastery.

I like strength. I depend on my own.

We become strong, I feel, when we have no friends upon whom to lean, or to look to for moral guidance.

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?

Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me.

I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves.

I am going to walk away when I'm ready to walk away. Not because of a win or a loss.

By the time I was 14, I had become self-motivated. Whatever raced inside me was more demanding than any pressure applied by parents or teachers.

More than anything, I think my connection to the sea has really helped me develop my independence and a sense of the importance and value of my own vision.

I just kind of do my own thing, which has made me feel like a better player, a better pro because I'm in control of it. I don't have anybody who is pushing me to do something - I'm pushing myself.

I train as smart as I can. I'm not concerned what others think. I do what works for me.