Russ Quotes

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

The best recommendation I can have is my own talents, and the fruits of my own labors, and what others will not do for me, I will try and do for myself.

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.

God gets you to the plate, but once your there your on your own.

I don't need government to be successful.

From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.

I've made all my money on my own without my family and I work very hard.

Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.

The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative.

I developed a sense of maturity when it comes to being dependent upon other people. I don't feel anyone really truly wants me to win more than I do.

I always knew there wasn't going to be anybody to help me and emotionally support me, that whatever I did I'd have to do on my own.

We all have to work for happiness. And you cannot listen to other people. That is the worst mistake you can make.

Work alone is noble.

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

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.

We can and we will solve our problems for ourselves. We know how. We can, and we will.

Self-reliance - that's a dirty word to Democrats. They want people to believe that self-reliance means you don't do anything with anybody. They don't want it thought of as accepting responsibility for one's life. Enterprise. Imagination. Independence. Entrepreneurism.

I had to work on my own to establish myself.

With AC/DC, if you've got a problem, you sort it out yourself.

My mother often told us that it is a poor dog that will not wag its own tail.

I moved from Stockholm to London, and I didn't want to work with my parents or have them help me in any way, I think just to prove to myself that I have my own talent.

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

I've never wanted sympathy votes in anything I do in my life.

My journey is self-made because I came from nothing. It's the best feeling now, because I don't really feel like I owe anybody.

I feel I'm my own quarterback and have accomplished my own things.