Quotes About Self-reliance

Women were going back to work, they were assuming their own power. They didn't have time to sit under the dryer.

I'd never been a good damsel in distress. I was a "hands-on" damsel.

I'm not sponsored by anybody but myself... I'm not sponsored by the PAP.

Let it be known: I am a free agent. I'm operating as an independent label. I do not have corporate sponsors. I don't have no corporate backing. I don't have no major distribution.

You can be a little lonely because it's an individual sport.

What is nice about this sport is that I am responsible for most everything.

Don't let anyone turn you into a slave. You're a slave if you let the media tell you that sports and entertainment are more important than developing your brain.

I'm mad enough not to ever need a sports psychologist, because I really believe in myself.

I don't care whether I'm in the spotlight, not in the spotlight. That's not gonna stop me from doing anything.

I can take on the world with a glue gun and a can of spray paint!

I haven't been hung up on the international scene, I'm not sitting there waiting on the Ireland squad to be announced to see if I am in it.

Liberals don't believe in the ultimate concept of self-reliance, which is why they look to the government for stability.

It is great to have some stability for myself, not only for myself but my family as well.

By the time I'm 25, I want to be financially stable.

I also often hear people say that the deck is stacked against them because of racism, sexism, or other oppressive 'isms.' But once you let go of the blame and excuses, you'll see that you can alter your position on your own.

I am a tumbleweed. I don't have a company. I don't have a staff. I don't own anything - I've never owned a car or an apartment.

In college, the coaching staff does more work with you individually. But at the next level, you have to do it all by yourself.

I know there are five stages of grief, but my parents raised me to pull up my socks when times get tough.

I don't do stairs. And I don't do groups.

I don't ever leave my garage stall during practice. I don't want to know what other people are doing. I don't look at the scoreboard.

I was on food stamps until I was 18 and became an adult.

Nobody wants to be on food stamps, but when my family lost everything, we were grateful for it. I was grateful the program was there so I could concentrate on my schoolwork and not on my empty belly. We were grateful that we had the support we needed to roll up our sleeves and rebuild our lives.

AAP's Punjab Convener is not a rubber stamp.

I would never want people to point at me and say, 'Well, she got herself off of food stamps, so anybody can if they work hard enough.' It's just not true.