Lorenzo Lamas Quotes

I am not a passenger in anything I do.

It's never nice looking over your shoulder and needing other results but sometimes that happens in football. It's a lot better to know your future is in your own hands.

One thing I want you to understand is if I make a decision, it's my decision.

We want to control our own destiny and take responsibility for our own outcomes.

Whatever I do, I like to be the one doing it. I don't just like to get someone in to run it and put a name to it.

When we get to the future, I'll determine the future.

The first rule in opera is the first rule in life: see to everything yourself.

Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.

The more control you have over your life, the more responsible you feel for your own success - or failure.

My words are my own, and my actions are my ministers.'

Anything you're not in control of you can't be that comfortable with.

I don't believe in luck. Everything is our doing or undoing. If something doesn't come out right, then as a director, you have to take full responsibility. You can't just say, 'No, I gave this job to the music supervisor. They promised me they would do it, and they didn't do it.' You can't blame anyone else.

Nobody can shut the door in your face if you own the door.

The director can't do your job for you. He can't get in front of the camera and perform your part.

We always did everything ourselves.

People - and I think this is particularly true of Americans - don't like to be passive. They like to seize control.

No one can stop you from doing exactly what you want to do. If you can accept that the cavalry won't come, and if you can be the cavalry, it gives you a chance to be happy.

Don't let nobody take care of your business better than you.

If you can’t take responsibility for your own well-being, you will never take control over it.

In this world, I call the shots and I think I know best.

Madonna has total control over her life, and not many women have that.

Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.

You can't always wait for the guys at the top. Every manager at every level in the organization has an opportunity, big or small, to do something. Every manager's got some sphere of autonomy. Don't pass the buck up the line.

The way I look at it, I'd rather make my own mistakes than have people make them for me.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.