Mark Twain Quotes

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

I'll always continue to work. I've never much depended on anyone but myself, as far as that goes.

You're doing your kids a disservice if they do get everything they want because that's not the way life's going to go, and I think kids have to have some reality.

No, I think it taught me to be independent and never expect a handout and never wait for anybody to hand you anything in any aspect of my life.

I believe that if you don't want to do anything, then sit there and don't do it, but don't expect people to hand you a corn beef sandwich and wash your socks for you and unzip your fly for you.

There is too little idea of personal responsibility; too much of "the world owes me a living," forgetting that if the world does owe you a living, you must be your own collector.

Mama was a country woman with a whole lot of common sense. She understood what most of our neighbors didn't - that I shouldn't grow dependent on anyone except myself. 'One of these days, I ain't gonna be here,' she kept hammering inside my head.

I don't need government to be successful.

Relatives cannot help you in the studios. You stand or fall by your own efforts.

No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.

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.

Only those who want everything done for them are bored.

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

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.

All of the things that have happened in my life have been self-propelled. I can't blame anybody else or point a finger at anybody.

It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.

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.

My parents are very conservative. They taught me the value of hard work - don't depend on other people, do it yourself.

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.

The finest inheritance you can give to a child is to allow it to make its own way, completely on its own feet.

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

Carefully avoid all undertakings which depends on others; but let him eagerly pursue that which depends on himself.

Doing for people what they can and ought to do for themselves is a dangerous experiment …. The welfare of the workers depends on their own initiative.

I work hard, and I'm very separate from what my parents do.

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.