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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.

When you're a little kid, you are small, your life is small - and you're terrifically aware of that. But when you read, you can ride Arabian horses across the desert, you can be a dogsledder.

Quotes by Janet Fitch

For your own good is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destruction.

Quotes by Janet Frame

Put a Post-It note on your mirror that says: 'Someone has to succeed. There's no reason why it shouldn't be me.' Repeat before every audition.

Quotes by Janet McTeer

Your sons weren't made to like you. That's what grandchildren are for.

Quotes by Jane Smiley

There are several methods for introducing your children to driving, and all of them are bad. Probably the worst is to put it off.

Quotes by Jane Smiley

There's no constitutional right for your parents to pay for college.

Quotes by Jane Velez-Mitchell

If you know something is morally reprehensible, then it is your moral obligation to stop it as soon as possible.

Quotes by Jane Velez-Mitchell

I say peace begins on your plate.

Quotes by Jane Velez-Mitchell

I bet the worst part about dying is the part where your whole life passes before you.

Quotes by Jane Wagner

The hardest part about being a kid is knowing you have got your whole life ahead of you.

Quotes by Jane Wagner

Write every day. You don't have to write about anything specific, but you should exercise your writing muscle constantly.

Quotes by Jane Yolen

Your imagination is your most important tool as an actor, as cheesy as that sounds.

Quotes by Jane Levy

You really find out who your friends are and who you can trust. That definitely toughens you.

Quotes by Jane March

When you're younger you've got all these hang-ups, but when you get to your 50s you just have a good time.

Quotes by Jane McDonald

I spend six months of the year on cruises. Travelling the world with your mates, it's such good fun and I hope that comes across.

Quotes by Jane McDonald

Evidence shows that having even weak social connections in a stressful situation is really good for your health and your ability to handle that situation.

Quotes by Jane McGonigal

'Your Life Calling' is the first thing in my long career I've ever actually invented. It is my entrepreneurial debut.

Quotes by Jane Pauley

You create your own reality.

Quotes by Jane Roberts

You've either got to find a way to make your continuing characters insteresting without making them maudlin or overwrought, or you've got to put more emphasis on the suspects.

Quotes by Jane Haddam

You can't write an image, a metaphor, a story, a phrase, without leaning a little further into the shared world, without recognizing that your supposed solitude is at every point of its perimeter touching some other.

Quotes by Jane Hirshfield

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.