Quotes About Self-reliance

I don't have a stylist.

I've never had a stylist or anything. I don't let people style me.

When I did 'Gangs,' I didn't have a manager, a PR or stylist.

Independence is a very subjective assessment.

I'm not a film-school guy. I was a high-school dropout. I was on a nuclear submarine. I was an electrician. I was a house painter.

Nobody's going to force me to do something against my will. What do I owe anybody that I should submit my will to them?

The hoop is there to remind us not to jump through it, not to submit to someone else's control.

I didn't come to Hollywood to be subservient to anyone else's vision.

I don't even drink coffee. I try to avoid becoming reliant on any substance.

True, other countries are helping us. Germany is determined to provide substantial help. So are the Netherlands and other states. But a day will come when we have to count on our own resources.

Germany is determined to provide substantial help. So are the Netherlands and other states. But a day will come when we have to count on our own resources.

At Year Up, our students - low income 18-24 year olds - come to us having already faced substantial obstacles in life. They are not in search of a handout; what they want most of all is the ability to take ownership of their own futures.

Organisation can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgement.

I don't substitute anybody else's judgment for my own.

Go fail or succeed on your own merits, be your own man.

I want people to know where I come from. I think I have come really far from that, and I did it on my own. It's sort of the American dream to come from absolutely nothing and to succeed while still doing something that you love. Not compromising yourself in any way. I hope I'm making Jersey proud in that way.

There's a flipside to this; if you as an individual have the right to live on your own terms, you must have the right to both succeed and fail on them.

Everywhere I go, I always look for creative entrepreneurs, whether it's artisans and craftsmen, small farmers and gardeners, or restaurateurs who use fresh, locally sourced ingredients. I admire the courage and self-reliance it takes to start your own business and make it succeed.

The easiest thing in the world is to succeed. You can't help it if you follow the rules and play the game the best way you know how according to yourself, instead of according to the one next to you, or above you, or somewhere away from you.

When you go independent, if you fail, you're totally responsible for it. If you succeed, you're totally responsible for it. You are responsibly for who you are... and what you do and what you make.

The most important factor in determining whether you will succeed isn't your gender - it's you.

He that falls by himself never cries.

When you're in a rut, you have to question everything except your ability to get out of it.

Don't wait for someone to green light your project, build your own intersection.