Quotes About Self-reliance

I think it's the hardest thing to remind yourself you have to do it the way you would do it. Because no one else is going to do it that way. If you don't do it, then no one else will - and the world won't see it.

The history of American women is all about leaving home - crossing oceans and continents, or getting jobs and living on their own.

Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.

The one thing I wanted was independence. And I realised to have that independence, you needed financial independence.

I know some people count me out, but that's the one thing about myself, I never count myself out.

Nothing's holding me back. If I'm held back, the only thing holding me back was me.

The only thing that can stop me from being me is me.

I have lived by one crucial principle since I was 24 years old. I don't blame or complain about things like the economy, the government, taxes, employees, gas prices, or any of the external things that I don't have control over. The only thing I have control over is my response to these things.

I'm totally committed to the cause of individuality. That's the only thing I stand by: independence.

Money is the most important thing because there might be a time when you have no label behind you and you have to carry yourself. Money is the only thing that can shield you.

I think a lot of the problem with foreign aid and things like that is you go in, give a bunch of stuff, and then it runs out. It's about helping them learn how to continue to be sustainable and live.

I would like my kids to go to college and be exposed to the real world and to make their own decisions and find their own path instead of sending them somewhere where they would be creatively conditioned for one life path or another.

I do my own thing. And I believe what I do is the right thing.

We have pretty much all the facets of our business under our control now. Relying on someone else to do the right thing, you're just setting yourself up to get screwed. We control our own destiny and it's a really good feeling.

We have to learn that not everyone deserves our tears. You have to do the right thing even if someone mocks you.

As long as you know that you're doing the right thing, do not care about what other people think about you.

Rebellion is not always the right thing. Following the rules is not always the right thing. You have to think for yourself and identify the things that do not work for you.

I'm building shopping centers and movie theaters in the inner cities. So that means supplying jobs and letting blacks understand that we have to build our communities back, not looking to anybody else.

After high school I moved out and worked at pizza shops and movie theaters and moved to L.A. for a year and lived with my brother.

I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in later years both in sports and in theatre.

I was such a wallflower in high school. I did a lot of extracurricular theatre shows, but at school, I spent a lot of time by myself. I ate lunch by myself, and I was always okay with it. But I was definitely made fun of, and I always felt like an outsider.

I would be fooling myself if I thought I would succeed as an entrepreneur. Maybe my base as a theatre artiste gave me the confidence as that's when you start feeling you can do something on your own.

Women alone have to be smart, strong and durable. We don't bruise easy. And we can't waste time and energy feeling sorry for ourselves. We might want to collapse, but we don't. Probably no one would pick us up!" "You,

You don't need approval and you don't need an excuse or explanation for living your own life. Remember that." Oh,