“There's nobody can fix this but yourself. You are the only one who can make the changes.”

“Try to realize it's all within yourself,
No one else can make you change.
And to see you're really only very small
And life flows in within you and without you.”

George Harrison (1943–2001) British musician, former member of the Beatles

“Nobody can hinder you from doing what you want, if that's what you set your mind to. You can always find a hook to hang excuses on, but they're only excuses. You don't have anyone to blame but yourself. Nobody else makes you fail.”

Ben Carson (1951) 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon

“… remember one thing only: that it's you-nobody else-who determines your destiny and decides your fate. Nobody else can be alive for you; nor can you be alive for anybody else.”

E.E. Cummings (1894–1962) American poet

“If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.”

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist

“No one can make you a victim but yourself.”

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (1984) Novelist

“You can still make today the day you change yourself. It's never too late!”

Steve Maraboli (1975)

“Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don't listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself.”

Sidney Sheldon (1917–2007) American writer

“Can you make yourself love? Can you make yourself loved?
-Lena Kaligaris”

Ann Brashares The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

“An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.”

François-René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848) French writer, politician, diplomat and historian