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Your Quotes

On staying in control of what's truly your own.

These quotes focus on ownership: your trust, your plans, your self-esteem, and how easily outside pressure can chip away at decisions that should belong to you alone. For more, see our Know quotes.

Make sure your desire to do what you're aspiring to do is deeper than just fame and being a celebrity.

Quotes by Meagan Good

When your name is on the marquee, you either get the glory or you get the hits.

Quotes by Meat Loaf

First it was the whites, and then their Negro message bearers. And the word was always the same: 'Tell your sons to take their names off the books. Don't show up at the courthouse voting day.'

Quotes by Medgar Evers

Save your rejections so that later when you are famous you can show them to people and laugh.

Quotes by Meg Cabot

Screenwriting is a much more collaborative effort. When you write a novel, it's just you, with input from your editor.

Quotes by Meg Cabot

Remember, if you don't feel passionate about the characters and subject of your story, your readers won't either.

Quotes by Meg Cabot

Sleeping with your child, wearing your child in a sling as opposed to pushing them around in expensive strollers, those are things that matter biologically and sociologically for the structure of a family.

Quotes by Mayim Bialik

Being a caregiver for your child is part of the job description of being a mammal.

Quotes by Mayim Bialik

Because as an only child, you have your own little world.

Quotes by Maynard James Keenan

There are certain things that should remain forever pristine in your memory, and that's how I look at Hanauma.

Quotes by Mazie Hirono

Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-brake on.

Quotes by Maxwell Maltz

Your most important sale in life is to sell yourself to yourself.

Quotes by Maxwell Maltz

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

Maya Angelou

Your whole childhood is just absent of choices. And then you become an adult, and every choice you make, you open some doors and close others.

Quotes by Maya Hawke

It's only in hindsight that you realize what indeed your childhood was really like.

Quotes by Maya Lin

Some of your teachers are actually closer in age to you than you think.

Quotes by Maya Lin

I was probably the first kid in my high school to go to Yale. I applied almost as a lark. Then, when I got there, I was the dumbest person in your class.

Quotes by Maya Lin

No, no, no. Your accent is so beautiful.

Quotes by Maya Rudolph

To have your childhood dream realized is a really big deal.

Quotes by Maya Rudolph

To grow up with the loss of your mother is a scar that never goes away.

Quotes by Maya Rudolph

Frequently Asked Questions

What themes come up across these "Your" quotes?
The quotes touch on trusting others with your personal information, translating your own plans into words, feelings tied to a specific record, and a sharp, personal comparison involving self-esteem.
Is there a quote about privacy or trust?
Yes, one reflects on cryptography and not needing to trust others because encrypting your files gives you control over "whether you would surrender" that trust.
Is there a quote here referencing a real public figure?
Yes: "Slobodan Milosevic was just as smart as a five-year-old. Five-year-olds have an uncanny way of getting into your psyche, your self-esteem" makes a pointed comparison using Milosevic's name.
Does this page talk about turning plans into action?
Yes, one quote explains a dislike of outlines and treatments, noting that writing your plan down on paper can make it "very hard to get those ideas out of your head and do something better" with them. For more on persistence and ambition, see Know or Always.
Is there anything here about music or personal records?
Yes, one quote describes a record as feeling "innocent," tied to being young enough not to fully grasp the weight of your own decisions. For more reflective, first-person lines, see Life or Like.

Related themes continue in our Always quotes and Life quotes, both about staying grounded in your own choices.