Marian Wright Edelman Quotes

I work hard and support myself.

I'm constantly reminding myself that the world owes us nothing. We have to make our way and we have to work hard, persevere and make our own way in the world because the world isn't waiting for us, so let's let the world know we are here.

Put your head down and work hard. Never wait for things to happen, make them happen for yourself through hard graft and not giving up.

My parents have worked their asses off their whole entire lives, they still do, and I never felt like anything would be handed to me. I never felt sorry for myself. I felt like, "Wow, this is incredible. I'm able to do this for myself." I think once you have that sense of empowerment at a young age and you allow your children to have that empowerment, it will fuel them for a lifetime.

Do whatever you want to persevere, work for your own things, and do not depend on anyone to be your provider. That way, in the future, you will be all right regardless of the circumstances.

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

I've always been a workhorse, and I've been supporting myself since I was 15.

I am a firm believer in if you can't get it the old fashioned way, you don't need it.

God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

My father felt that children should make their own way.

I wouldn't be where I am right now, and have the right work ethic and discipline, if it weren't for all the indie films I did. We weren't pampered and were pretty much on our own.

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

I don't have a lot of time for people who don't take care of their own problems. Everything that needs to be done takes effort.

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.

I don't want anything handed to me, I want to work for everything I have... that's the way I've done everything in my life.

He that by the Plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.

My father taught that the only helping hand you're ever going to be able to rely on is the one at the end of your sleeve.

My working poor parents told me that I could do better. They taught me that I was as good as anybody else. And it never occurred to them to tell me that I could just rest comfortably and wait for good old Uncle Sugar to feed me, lead me and then bleed me.

Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than those who turn beggars.

I want to earn my own way, I like having nice things but I've never accepted anything I haven't earned.

Instead of idleness, vanity, or an intellect formed by the spoon-feeding of others, my girls have acquired energy, industry, and independence.

Life helps those who help themselves.

I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me.

I don't think life owes me anything and the business doesn't owe me anything. The only way to approach it is by working hard and loving what you do. If you do that and have faith, maybe you will get lucky. I mean that sincerely and specifically. I truly believe that no professional career in the arts is capable without a healthy dose of luck.

People who sit back and wait for somebody to take care of them are the people that if shown a way, can be useful to our society.