Dawn Richard Quotes

I wasn't sheltered or spoiled. All the money I made, I made myself.

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

My main goal is to be a self-made man and have control over what's mine.

At the end of the day, I'm the biggest boss. I'm self-made.

My grandfather, as I said, was industrious. He'd had a variety of jobs and decided sometime in the 1940s that he would never work for anyone. He was also a very independent man.

I decided to pursue music, so I dropped out of school and I told my parents I didn't want any money from them. I got three jobs and I just hit the ground running.

Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he started.

Since I was 9 years old, I have been working, hustling to find my own projects - from telenovelas to record deals, etc. etc. Way before I met my husband.

I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.

I've always earned my own money and enjoy being independent. It's how I was brought up.

I would have been content to just do studio work, making it on my own never really entered my mind.

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

It's one thing to donate money. It's a whole other thing to give an opportunity for someone to make his own money.

Of course, my family helped me, my brothers helped me, but after I set up my own office I had to really help myself. Some people seem to think I had an oil well in my garden! It's a nice idea but not true.

When we seek to reinstate the self-confidence and business enterprise of our citizens by discrediting an abject dependence upon governmental favor, we strive to stimulate those elements of American character which support the hope of American achievement.

Even when I was in Dubai, I used to host small birthday parties, events, and lots more to make money of my own to fulfil my wish to become an actor. I didn't take any money from my parents to fulfil my dream.

Being self-made means doing things your own way - and doing it without any handouts.

I never borrowed money from Mom. I lived at home, but my parents never helped me. I worked hard and moved out. I treated my blog like a business; hard work is important.

I'm going to do what I want, get my money and go home.

I enjoy doing businesses without anyone's help.

I'm taking charge of my own business because I don't trust anyone else to do it.

From a strictly business perspective, it's like, 'Even if you leave Eric alone, he'll do stuff. He puts his own album together, he gets his own gigs, he does everything on TV. Let him be, he's fine.'

I had been an independent entrepreneur from the beginning, and I felt I could do it myself. I didn't want to get a job.

I really started from grassroots, without a handout or anything.

I knew I always wanted to be my own boss. My mum would say I've been my own boss since primary school. It was probably always my destiny.