Quotes About Self-reliance

Too many guys are over here begging for people and trying to chase people to fight, this and that, begging for money fights. You become your own damn money fight.

You have to learn to stand on your own two feet without a father figure around. You have to set an example.

I have found people don't want to be told. That they can figure it out.

I want to be a woman who has a little bit more figured out, who doesn't have so many doubts.

You can't live in someone else's shoes; you've got to branch out and fill your own shoes.

As long as you know how to handle yourself, the film industry is probably one of the best places to work in.

It's always better to make a hero than lean on one. My goal is to emulate China in the filmmaking business, not Los Angeles.

I get advice, but the final decision about my life is one I always take alone.

You can take your life into your own hands in terms of directing. There are ways for you to finance yourself and to write and make a film.

I'm 100 percent in control of my artistry, music, and finances.

You have got to be the masters of your own financial future.

Unless you have financial resources of your own, you can't be free.

I think people like to think I'm in some way financially dependent on my family - on my dad - but the fact of the matter is I've been emancipated from my father since I was 14 years old. That's something people don't know or understand.

I want to reach everyone, but I have a dedication to women. Being that I'm a woman myself, and with the things that I've gone through, I've dealt with a lot of women that are in the dark and blind about relationships who depend on men for their happiness, emotionally and financially.

I always told my girls growing up that I would not baby them through life, and no matter how blessed they are financially, they have to get an education!

We're so used to financing things on our own that we always have a plan in place to sort of scale our ideas.

Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Find out what you're capable of.

Financially, I'm fine. But it's good to work. I'm not capable of doing nothing.

I have a rough time wanting to spend billions and billions and trillions of dollars to help people who won't help themselves, won't lift a finger, and expect the federal government to do everything.

I was that guy who you point the finger at, but I was fine with it. I could take it.

Usually I'm the one asking somebody to do something because I don't know how to finish it. I'm like, 'Do this for me' because I'm just resistant to learning.

I moved to L.A. right after I finished high school, for three years, because everybody was telling me it was important to get down there, and then I kind of just decided for myself that I didn't need to be there to be doing this. I wanted out of some of the chaos that comes with living here and being an actor.

I left home when I was just 17, finished up high school, and went to work.

I'm a firm believer when I'm doing my job to not want anybody around.