“If you don't run your own life, somebody else will.”
“If you don't run your own life, someone else will”
“Be the hero of your own life. Don't let somebody else play that role. (Vasu)”
“If you don't have your own opinion...than you have somebody else's.”
“Being a failure at living your own life as best as you can is better than being a success living the life somebody else says you should live.”
“It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection.”