Quotes About Self-reliance

Well, screw him. I'd tried my best.

Something about putting on my underwear makes me feel more capable.

People stubbornly lived their lives as they wanted, without regard to me, to an amazing degree.

A woman who wants to go places needs to bring her own ladder.

I don't like being told what to do and kissing you-know-what to get up the corporate ladder.

If I have to climb to heaven on a ladder, I shall decline the invitation.

Ladies seem very intrigued by a guy who is ultra confident and acts like he doesn't need you.

Ladies, you have to love yourself... you don't always have to have a man.

The first lady must be a leader. She must not be a follower.

While most kids turned their heads in disgust as a plateful of broccoli landed before them, I ate what I was given. My mum would harp on about how 'life is not a cafe' - I still hear that mantra in my sleep.

Never again should Ghanaians have to resort to dubious means to get to, or live in, foreign lands, simply to make a living.

I always knew who I was and where I had come from. I was not looking for a home in other people's lands.

I don't do meetings.

I've never been much for becoming a member of a group.

I don't really have childhood-type memories. I had to grow up very young.

In the U.S. we have the mentality that you can make it on your own.

My mam worked for 41 years. She was a single working mother. I think I always had that mentality of you can do everything. You can have your kid. You can be a good mother. You can work. She was very independent.

I am my own mentor. I like to listen to myself to improve.

I don't really have a mentor.

My biggest mentor is myself, I've always felt.

You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.

I'm not a person of mentors.

The UFC and WEC didn't give me anything. Everything I conquered was my merit and from my team.

I want to be judged on my own merits.