Making Your Own Destiny Quotes

Nothing has been handed to me my entire life. You have to go there and take it. My mom taught me that.

It doesn't matter what odds are on paper or what's happened before. It matters what happens that moment.

I followed my dreams and went to Hollywood. My mom was like, 'Wait a minute - I thought you were going to be a lawyer.' I said, 'You know what, Mom? You're going to have to see me play one on TV.'

I've got to literally write my own ticket.

The simplest way to say it is that I think we're all dealt these cards in life, but the cards in and of themselves don't read one way or the other. It's up to you to home in and cultivate whatever you've got in your hand.

I believe you make your own luck. My motto is 'It's always a mistake not to go.'

You shouldn't wait for other people to make special things happen. You have to create your own memories.

You make your Own luck.

I started posting covers online and having this crazy determination about what I wanted to do and just went for it. I was like, 'Okay, no one else can create my future for me, and no one can get what I want for me, so I have to go out and get it myself.'

If you do not create your destiny, you will have your fate inflicted upon you.

You may feel powerless as a child, but the world will one day be yours. And you're responsible for it. So, seize the day and take charge of it.

You can't just dream about what you want and leave things to chance. You have to get it yourself.

In life you can be dealt a winning hand of cards and you can find a way to lose, and you can be dealt a losing hand and find a way to win. True in art and true in life: you pretty much make your own destiny. If you are by nature an optimistic person, which I am, that puts you in a better position to be lucky in life.