Quotes About Self-reliance

I think all of us have enemies in disguise, but there is nothing much you can do about that. You have to live with it. I just do my own thing and let the enemies be.

Of course it would disgust me to tell anyone how to live.

I'm at my best when there's distance between me and a man.

Lord knows one can use a distraction during divorce, and it's great to feel you are again successful on your own, with your own identity.

I just don't want to be the damsel in distress. I'll scream on the balcony, but you've got to let me do a little action here.

When I look around the world, I don't see too many damsels in distress. If they're a damsel in distress, they're manipulating some guy to help them.

I think it's great anytime somebody can be in control of their own distribution.

I'm determined to be a diva.

I'm beyond caring what anyone expects of me anymore.

I have been expelled from five different schools when I was a kid. And I learned basically all what I do by myself.

I don't focus on what the experts are saying or not.

What the manager says is what's important to me. What experts say doesn't interest me and never will. I know what I can do. I've not been playing at the top level for nothing. I've been successful.

I just don't feel like I have to explain myself.

I have never given others a chance to exploit me.

There are people out there with an eye on my hard-earned cash who think that I am a pushover. I am not!

You're the only one who's closing your eyes at night. There's no one else who can do it for you.

By the time I came out of college, I was fabulous.

If you want to make your own decisions about where you work, what you do, what you earn and what you buy, then being able to make money is an important factor.

I can't worry about external factors, I have to focus on myself.

I make up my own mind in light of available facts, with my own experience and a sense of personal ethics.

I've always wanted to call the shots because I would rather fail than not have a chance to figure it out on my own.

I can make my own decisions, I can do the music I like. If I fail, it's me failing - you know.

I'm a loner, so independent it's awful. It's one of the main reasons for the failures of my marriages.

That's all I ever wanted - to go out as myself and have the success or failure fall on me.