“Being with him made me want to make my own dreams, discover my own path. I was my best self when I was with him.”
“My self-confidence comes from the fact that I have discovered my own dimensions. It does not behoove me to make myself smaller than I am.”
“My father... raised me to make up my own mind. The way he did this was by yielding to me when I asked, even when I was foolish. I lived through it; and I know my own mind; and he will do what I ask him.”
“Even if I'm following the path my parents set, I need to take my own dreams and beliefs with me.”
“There is only one problem on which all my existence, my peace, my happiness depend: to discover myself in discovering God. If I find Him I will find myself and if I find my true self I will find Him.”
“My life is up to me to define. I needed to make my own dreams come true.”