Mike Schmidt Quotes

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

I think there are huge lessons there, for young people who are getting started in life, as well as other people. And that is, to take responsibility for your own life. Only you are responsible for the course you take from there.

Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.

I learned a long time ago that advice is a quick trip to nowhere. It's the commitment that only you can make in yourself, the responsibility to assume control of yourself.

I didn't need to be motivated by other people overlooking me. My motivation was internal, to be better every day.

'No one can make you successful; the will to success comes from within.' I've made this my motto. I've internalized it to the point of understanding that the success of my actions and/or endeavors doesn't depend on anyone else, and that includes a possible failure.

Self-help must precede help from others. Even for making certain of help from heaven, one has to help oneself.

The hope of the world lies in what one demands, not of others, but of oneself.

There are things one must do for oneself.

In life, you can blame a lot of people and you can wallow in self-pity, or you can pick yourself up and say, 'Listen, I have to be responsible for myself.'

I have to do things for myself, and if those standards are set high, then it's up to me to pass or fail.

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.

Let every man feel that he is the architect and builder of his own life, and that he proposes to make a success of it by working.

If you have to rely on yourself, you try harder, and when you try harder, you feel bigger.

I am my own cheerleader. I am the one who puts my goals, who pushes myself to get to the next goal. I don't have someone next to me saying, 'Here you go, now do this, it's your next step, go for it.'

I'm not blaming my mom for my life because I am responsible for me, and nobody can change me or ruin me easier than I can.

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.

You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character.

Remember, you and you alone are responsible for maintaining your energy. Give up blaming, complaining and excuse making, and keep taking action in the direction of your goals - however mundane or lofty they may be.

I take full responsibility for my life and my career.

Others can challenge and motivate us, but we must reach down deep into our souls and call forth our God-given intelligence and capabilities. We cannot do this when we depend on the efforts of someone else.

I really believe in myself. That's why I keep challenging myself.

My idea of putting the city on is giving inspiration to others to want to put themselves on. You should never depend on someone else to put you on. I used to do that, and it didn't get me anywhere.

I don't need others to push me. I push myself.