Quotes About Self-reliance

I know I love going to my gym - I have a whole list of things I love to do by myself without needing someone else to make me happy.

I'm not a guy who needs to read motivation books.

I'm independent. If a guy is too clingy or needy, I actually get afraid of hurting him - and I can't deal with that.

I've never felt any sense of kinship with other comedians; they've always seemed too needy.

I've never really been aware of what is said about me, whether it's positive or negative. I ignore it. I've always had the mind-set: 'No one can challenge me better than myself.'

I don't like freeloaders; I don't like people who are negative.

We usually let our husbands negotiate the house and the cars. But I never had a husband, so I was always buying my own houses and cars, so I knew how to negotiate.

I don't want to wake up at 60 and have to call the neighbor who's 12 to help me with my computer.

I never thought I'd be anything, coming from a rough neighborhood. So my character was built on the street. I had to know how to carry myself; I had to act like I was older than I was.

I don't love being thought of as Neil's barnacle. It's a strange shadow to follow.

I was on my own for a long time before I married Neil, and now I'm on my own again. I've kind of gotten over the separation and divorce. I'm capable. I can do this.

My future doesn't lie in the hands of Neil Warnock, it's in the hands of Robert Snodgrass.

I don't consult anyone - not my mother, not my father, anyone - about my work. And I must add that neither Dad nor Mom interfere in my work.

Everyone knew I was anti-marriage. I'd spent my life saying it was something I neither wanted nor needed.

I'm definitely not a nerd, not a nerd at all.

A woman needs a man like a fish needs a net.

Everything I do, I build a kind of confidence net - 'I'm able to execute this; it's fine.'

Of course we have compassion. We just don't believe the safety net should be used as a hammock.

Long before 2020, many Americans were in the position of patching their own safety net and acting as their own city hall.

I don't believe in having safety nets - you'll end up using them!

The interesting thing about the TLC network is that they were interested in following me, not leading me.

A network did not make me, and therefore, a network cannot break me.

I'm incredibly neurotic and a control freak. I like the thought that if there's going to be anyone to blame it's going to be me.

You must never give up and have faith in yourself.