Quotes About Self-reliance

You need to be happy with or without an acting job.

It can be kind of gruesome at times, making things alone.

You have to be prepared to fight and finish your own battles.

I want my girls to be strong and self-sufficient.

Girls should empower themselves and be strong enough to protect themselves.

You can't wait for someone to give you a show. That can't be the first time you're writing and drawing a character.

I am not trying to be the next anyone - I am going to be the first Dolph Ziggler!

I have this saying: They either want The Bean or they don't want The Bean. I just am my own thing. It works or it doesn't work.

Don't tell me to watch the beat. You watch me.

I'm not going to make my living out of beating my head against somebody else.

I was like, 'Okay, cool, I'ma learn how to produce my own beats,' and I stuck to it. Now, it's hard to even take a beat from anyone else.

I have always had a bee in my bonnet about being seen to do things for myself.

It's not easy living alone but I've done it before.

You can't beg from people what they're not willing to give you.

I don't beg.

I'm not the type of guy to be begging for a fight.

Nobody can come and develop Africa on behalf of Africans.

After winning 'K-pop Star' and debuting as a singer, I had a team of people who helped me. But then I realized that to do my own music, there's work that I myself had to take care of and no one can do it on behalf of me. So I started writing my own music.

I want to behave more like a boy... I want to be the strong one.

I am not afraid of being alone and single.

Sure, there are times when I'd like to have someone romantically in my life, but then I think about my life as a whole and realize I'm generally happy being alone.

I'm such a team player, and I love being in a group setting. You're used to looking to your left and right and someone being there. When you're out there on your own, you're like, 'Oh, boy.'

If you really believe in yourself, you cannot listen to other people.

Believe in yourself, and don't let anyone stand in your way.