Quotes About Self-reliance

You can't take me for granted!

It was important to me and, I think, important to my parents that I be on my own and figure things out on my own and kind of forge my own path, and I'm really grateful for that.

My early experiences in animation taught me that following someone else is not a great idea.

As long as you have a firm foundation elsewhere and don't depend on other people to make you feel good or bad, then I think Twitter can be a great thing.

No, our greatness does not come from our government.

I don't feel comfortable with the idea that my only gateway into doing what I love to do is auditioning for other people to give me the green light and say that I'm allowed to do it, or that I'm allowed to play this role, or that I'm allowed to be in this movie. I would feel much more comfortable making those opportunities for myself.

No one could save me from the grief of losing my child or losing my first marriage. I had to do that on my own.

I used to grind. I be telling people, you don't grind, you don't sell. I was like 15, 16 getting dropped off in the city by myself, with my own beat CDs.

One of the greatest boons that can ever come to a human being is to be born on a farm and reared in the country. Self-reliance and grit are oftenest country-bred.

I've had to wean myself away to make sure that any choices I make are grounded in myself rather than the seeking of approval.

Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.

I've never had friends, and I don't like to be around big groups of people.

You have to eventually grow up and take control of your life, which is very hard to do.

Grow up and let anyone try to contend with the adult you.

Growing up, we had to work. If you wanted anything at all that was more than basic food and shelter, you had to make your own money.

I'm grown now. I ain't a kid no more.

Protect yourself like you would your cubs - as a grown woman, you're no one's cub anymore.

I'm a grown man. I don't point fingers.

I'm a grown man.

I always felt my emancipation into truly being a grown-up was when I had to figure out how to fold up a king-size fitted bottom sheet on my own.

I would much rather my daughter, when she grows up, do what she wants to do because she wants to do it, not because of what someone else thinks.

No mater what I wear - whether my choice or not- I guarantee I will be me.

I would much rather pass up on some of that guaranteed money... and bet on myself and just see what happens.

If I am to truly become an autonomous woman, then I must take over that role of being my own guardian.