Pusha T Quotes

When things are difficult, you have to be sure of who you are and what you want to achieve.

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

It doesn't matter how tall you are. You have to carve out space and hold your ground.

No one can take advantage of you without your permission.

I'll succeed,' Hazel promised. 'And Hecate? I'm not choosing one of your paths. I'm making my own.

It was only when I started to dig my heels in that I started to realize that's what I needed to do - that nobody was going to open the door for me, that I had to make some space.

Things don't weigh me down any more. I confront things, and I move on. I don't dwell on things; I don't let things simmer under the surface. I am where it starts and where it ends. I have the power in my life to be happy.

When I was young, a lot of things were closed off to me. I was always told, 'Don't do this, you can't do that' - instead of stopping me, it made me think, 'I can do that, I must do that.'

I have learned not to overlook the advantages of being me. From when I was a softball player, and I held the stolen bases record. I would slide into second with my prostheses, and the girl on the base could either step aside or meet two wooden sticks.

You have to hold your bloody own or you're lost.

I'm damn successful but I got here by not taking crap. I still don't take crap, so if anybody needs a champion, let it be me.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

I'm not interested in playing the victim. I like stories about survivors.

But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots.

It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do.

Don't be afraid of your own power.

When anyone tells me I can't do anything... I'm just not listening any more.

I'm not a victim.

I was a slightly overweight, spiky-fringed, rat's-tailed '80s girl who was just showing up. That's all I've ever really done to get here, just kept showing up. Even when I didn't want to. That's what I do.

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.

I'd rather be a victor than a victim.

You hit road blocks in life, but I'm living proof that you can overcome those road blocks and become what you want to become.

Believe in yourself, and don't let anyone stand in your way.

Drag was always looked at as a stepchild, and I wasn't willing to sit at the kid's table anymore so I took what's mine. You can't depend on other people to give you what you want; you have to take it.