Arfi Lamba Quotes

It just doesn't occur to an American that someone else will solve their problems. Americans take pride in solving problems for themselves. And if we fail, we get back up and try again. It's what we do. It's who we are.

No one ever taught me how to shave; no one ever sat down to watch a Braves game with me. I paid for Yale myself, I lived by myself, I taught myself how to play the guitar. I did this all on my own.

I have to thank my mum for kicking me out at 16 and making me stand on my own two feet - that's how I got here.

You have to hold your bloody own or you're lost.

I'm a big believer in overcoming and achieving and doing things and not feeling sorry for yourself.

You've got to stand up and do your own battles. My daddy taught me that a long time ago, that you fight your own battles. The only way to shut everybody up is to win.

A lot of things have been thrown at me in life, and I've got through it all without a rule book, taking it one day at a time.

I will be making films, and I'm going to keep working, no matter what I have to do. And I don't plan to ever ask for permission from anybody.

I learned not to depend on other people. I needed support, but it's you who has to go out and deliver.

I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.

I've always been pretty independent, no matter what situation: good, bad, ugly, happy, sad. I dig deep, and I get over it.

Luke Cage isn't going to throw a pity party for himself. He literally says to himself, 'This is the world I'm in. These are the circumstances I have.' He's a self-made man. He's trying to continuously build, and that's what's interesting about him. He's a work in progress.

You can't expect anyone to hand something to you. And I'm OK with that.

Nobody is going to love and honor your dreams like yourself. It's really not looking for someone to be your superhero but for us to save ourselves and to really understand that. I've been at the lowest of lowest of my life, and it took that for me to realize that I want to do better and to be better.

I'll handle living on my own. You've got to learn somehow. I'll take it all in my stride like I do everything else.

One thing that was drummed into me when I was younger is that you have to make your own way in life, that you mustn't expect anyone else to support you.

Whatever I do I will do on my own strength.

My whole life, nothing was handed to me. I had to go out in the world and get it.

If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone.

No one else has ever opened doors for me. I opened them myself.

Work hard for what you want because it won't come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.

I always knew that I would have to make it on my own somehow.

I'm the kinda person, you gotta fight for everything you get. You gotta believe in yourself.

Everyone has egos, and you want to come out on top. You have to pick yourself up and go at it again.

I always want to think of myself as an underdog.