Will Oldham Quotes

I'm a fighter and not a victim. Think of yourself and make the most of life.

I have too much to live for to allow a bunch of cowards to take my joy. I refuse to give them my joy.

I believe whatever has to happen will happen - you just need to stand up for yourself.

I'm not a victim, and I don't need to behave like one.

You create your own luck by the way you play. There is no such luck as bad luck. Fate has nothing to do with success or failure, because that is a negative philosophy that indicts one's confidence, and I'll have no part of it.

There are really only two ways to approach life - as victim or as gallant fighter - and you must decide if you want to act or react, deal your own cards or play with a stacked deck. And if you don't decide which way to play with life, it always plays with you.

When you challenge other people's ideas of who or how you should be, they may try to diminish and disgrace you. It can happen in small ways in hidden places, or in big ways on a world stage. You can spend a lifetime resenting the tests, angry about the slights and the injustices. Or, you can rise above it.

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.

Everybody is not a victim.

I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it.

This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.

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

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.

I kind of think of my life as this incredible hurricane of so many adventures. We can all make a difference, and we can all be courageous and believe in ourselves.

A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away.

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.

You can either hope and pray you don't get picked on, or you can, in a way, almost make yourself a bigger target, because it's harder to bully something that's really big. It's easy to bully something that's small and frail.

The song 'Wolf Eyes,' I wrote because I felt like I was such a kitten. I want to be more of a wolf. I want to be stronger and more independent. I sort of wrote the song for that.

After everything I've been through, I've realized I can do anything I put my mind to. And I want to do it all.

In life, you get one choice over and over again. That is to take conditions as they are or take responsibility for changing them.

I love anything that makes you feel empowered. I'm 'bout that - you can't be scared.

Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.

Defiance in itself is a sign of strength, and strength is a light side of human nature - when at all present, that is.

I want people to use my story to stand up, be strong-willed and persevere.

I don't want to be a victim. I want to be a victor.