Quotes About Self-reliance

I'm not stepping off my throne to address no bum, no chicks that are beneath me and nobody that hasn't worked as hard as I worked for anything.

Throughout my career I have done it my way and used my stubborn streak. I thought the best way to captain was to shut out all the noise - I did it with my batting and thought 'that has served me well, so why change it?'

I've always been confident in my abilities all throughout my life.

Those of us who were 12 or 13 when the war started were absolutely thrown into the mainstream. We had to grow up instantly and take care of ourselves.

Obviously I ask my family and loved ones for advice here and there, but I kind of have a rule with the people I love that surround me - close family and close friends - that unless I ask for it, I don't really want advice thrown out.

I didn't go to school much. I was thrown out of different schools, and my university is the street.

Learn to expect less from life and more from yourself. Accept the changes that life throws at you. Remember, your destiny is pretty much in your hands. So, as your mom may have told you, keep them clean.

I try to stay consciously away from the roles of the girl who throws herself at the leading man, because I've done it a lot and I want to move on. I ticked that box.

I was never stupid with my money, because I grew up without it. So when I started to make some, I was like, 'Okay, first rule of thumb, I'm not buying it unless I've got the money to buy it,' so I have no debt.

If you aren't free to protect yourself - when government puts its thumb on that freedom - then you aren't free at all.

If you aren't free to protect yourself when the government puts its thumb on that freedom, then you're not free at all.

I go by my own body type when it comes to fasting, which means that I would not follow some general advice or rule of thumb.

Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we are looking to make India self-reliant in terms of power requirement, along with providing carbon-free sources of power, thus improving India's position globally.

My mother didn't baby me, and I think that helped me out thus far to keep my drive and my hunger. I don't take 'no' for an answer.

Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself.

Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.

I figured out quick I had to write my own ticket. I realized I could tell stories and make money from it.

Be your own hero, it's cheaper than a movie ticket.

Moving to New York City by myself at 17 was certainly my bravest moment. I bought a one-way ticket and stayed with a friend of a friend and figured it out along the way.

I was a very independent, successful girl. I made my own money, I bought my own airline tickets. When I got a paycheck, I went to Bergdorf and I bought my own clothes. There were no rock stars buying me my clothes.

I started off in sports centers with no promoter, no TV, no backing, just me, my bag and Oliver Harrison, having to sell tickets.

I'm not a yes person, whether it's about a tie choice or a joke.

I don't think of myself as being tied.

Relying on someone else to be successful only ties you down and limits you.