logo

Quotes About Self-reliance

I want everything that I've worked for to go into my pocket. I want all my money to come to me. I'm very much hands-on with my career, and I like to do what I want in the studio - I don't like being told, 'do it this way' or 'do it that way.'
~ Cupcakke
I think I'm probably much better at the boots and pocket knife thing than I am at the high heels and martini thing.
~ Sarah Wayne Callies
My brother starting earning early in life. I stopped taking money from my parents, and my brother would give me the pocket money.
~ Varun Dhawan
Even as a kid, I wore J.C. Penney plain-pocket jeans because they were plain pockets. I didn't want anybody's name on my backside. I personally don't like to wear clothing that is named for somebody or has someone's likeness all over it.
~ Matthew McConaughey
We must look after our own before lining the pockets of overseas countries and investors.
~ Pauline Hanson
If my brother and I wanted money in our pockets, we had to get jobs - my first was at 15, at Burger King. We had to come up with ways to create an income.
~ Queen Latifah
I can remember feeling very angry, and saying no! I can do it myself! From that point of view it was very emotional for me to get myself to the point to sit in the chair and be 'up'.
~ Gregory Hines
I work for me, 18 hours a day. It's my gig. So I don't have time to get a point of view.
~ David Cassidy
The only person to look out for me is me. I've got to make sure Corey Clark is all right.
~ Corey Clark
I would rather clean than beg.
~ Ayaan Hirsi Ali
I'd just come out of drama school, didn't get anything, had to move back in with my parents and do a night-time cleaning job.
~ Daisy May Cooper
I would still encourage somebody, if they wanted to make a movie, to just go take a movie camera. That's clearly been shown to work.
~ Nicole Holofcener
People often ask me, 'Who is your role model?' and it sounds a bit cliche, but I've been trying to be my own model.
~ Iskra Lawrence
Our aim is to help the clients help themselves, not to tell them what to think.
~ Peter Hargreaves
I've never tried to be the leader. All I focus on is climbing.
~ Dean Potter
Just because my dad is Clint Eastwood doesn't mean I don't have to work for a living.
~ Scott Eastwood
I am not the clone of anyone.
~ Andre Villas-Boas
My sister was much closer to Mom. Mom accompanied my sister to all her shootings. I made my way on my own.
~ Namrata Shirodkar
You base your life, and you live your life on your terms. Your opinion matters, and the opinions of the people closest to you matter. Nobody else's opinion matters.
~ Dino Morea
I don't have a coach. I haven't had a coach for, like, years.
~ Nick Kyrgios
I can't be Martin O'Neill; I can't be any of the other coaches - I have to make my own way.
~ Henrik Larsson
I love collaborating with people, but I also really love working by myself.
~ King Tuff
I don't like collaborating too much.
~ Jamie Hewlett
I'm not really one for collaborations, to be quite honest.
~ Alex Turner