Quotes About Self-reliance

Patients have the right to help themselves.

I definitely had to pave my own path, which wasn't always the easiest thing to do.

Pave your own path and be fearless.

I am a fiercely independent person, and I am no one's pawn.

I pay my own bills. I feel my own pain.

I'm not deceived by people, because I don't pay attention to people.

I always stand behind the things that I do. I don't listen to those who downplay things nor do I pay attention to those who grovel at our feet and tell us that we're the greatest. For me, that is just noise.

I think there's a danger in letting someone else shape how you're going to approach a player. Every person has somebody who's going to say something negative about them, you know? If you pay attention to all that stuff instead of seeing it for your own eyes, you can miss out on some opportunities.

When I got a deposit on my very first cake, I took that deposit and I bought some cake mix with it. I've never taken a loan - ever. And we're doing this expansion just like everything we've done in this bakery as we've grown. If we weren't able to afford paying for something cash, we didn't buy it.

Don't argue that you can't find a job that pays enough to support yourself. You can. You just can't find a job that will support you in the style to which you have been accustomed.

I'm at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.

Am I not peaceful? We want to be free - completely free. Free to be free. We want to be left alone.

I'm old enough to chew my peas and corn without choking.

I'm building my own brand outside of the Peas. It's not Black Eyed Peas, it's Zumbao. Zumbao is different from the Peas because it's all on me and I can't feed off of anybody other than me.

I'm not into having a pedigree dog.

When I was a developer, I couldn't buy a pencil. I had no budget, nothing.

This is our 40th year in business. We don't have a single penny from outside investors, and we never borrowed heavily from the banks. We have a healthy balance sheet and more credit than we can use.

No one has ever given me anything. No one gave me a tour card, no one gave me a US tour card, no one gave me a nice house and a Ferrari: I've had to work for every penny I have earned and I'm proud of that.

I'm not beholden to anyone. I'm not waiting for a pension or a carriage clock.

Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.

I really don't care what people say; I found Srinivasan as someone who was always there to help cricketers.

The older I get, the more I don't care what people think or what people say. I just do what moves me.

I've learned not to buy into what other people say. I've learned not to put dreams in other people's hands.

People say I've gone against Hollywood, but I've tried to be independent within Hollywood, tried to be my own person.