Quotes About Self-reliance

I grew up hearing that if it hadn't been for Ataturk, my grandmother would have been 'a covered person' who would have been reliant on a man for her livelihood. Instead, she went to boarding school, wrote a thesis on Balzac, and became a teacher.

I see a lot of actors that are doing things to please their coaches, their teachers in the past. They say 'No' to parts they should have said 'Yes' to simply because of the opinion of people in their past. I have no one in my past who is judging me and saying, 'Maybe you shouldn't do that.' I'll do it all.

My biggest advice for girls - and this is something that I wish I could have known when I was younger - is to have thick skin. It's something that you definitely develop when you get older, but when I first started, I was so obsessed with pleasing everybody. I wanted everybody to like me and to like my songs.

I have kind of a thick skin.

You know, I have a very thick skin.

My skin got thicker. I don't listen to stuff from outside or even if I hear or if I read something, I just let it go very easily.

There are things one must do for oneself.

Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.

Americans have a special horror of giving up control, of letting things happen in their own way without interference.

I don't care what people think of me. I don't even care what happens to me.

What other people think of me is none of my business.

I think it's a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one's self.

People think that at the end of the day a man is the only answer. Actually, a fulfilling job is better for me.

I'm an independent thinker and independent leader. I have been my whole life.

Every person is the creation of himself, the image of his own thinking and believing. As individuals think and believe, so they are.

When you make the right decision, it doesn't really matter what anyone else thinks.

I don't have the time to think about what someone else thinks of me because I'm busy making films.

If some actress thinks she is sexy and she can dance, it's her choice. I do what I want to do, and I set my own benchmark. I will never compare myself with anyone.

I don't care what anybody thinks.

We do what we want. We don't care what anyone else thinks.

The price of self-empowerment is what I call it. Somebody who thinks outside the box.

I am not the guy who will think what others are thinking about you. Instead, I am the one who will always thinks about improving my game.

You know I don't care if the world thinks I'm smart or not.

My mom taught me, 'There are a lot of doubters out there.' It doesn't matter what everybody else thinks.