Suze Orman Quotes

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.

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

No one else has ever opened doors for me. I opened them myself.

You have to hold your bloody own or you're lost.

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

After school, I'd wait for someone to pick me up and no one would, so I'd be like, 'I guess I'll walk home.' I had to be a hustler, because nobody did anything for me.

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

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

You know what, I'm out there to give 100%, and I do what I think is best. I really don't care what other people think.

Whatever I do I will do on my own strength.

It just doesn't occur to an American that someone else will solve their problems. Americans take pride in solving problems for themselves. And if we fail, we get back up and try again. It's what we do. It's who we are.

What people say isn't going to stop me. I have to do things for myself.

No one ever taught me how to shave; no one ever sat down to watch a Braves game with me. I paid for Yale myself, I lived by myself, I taught myself how to play the guitar. I did this all on my own.

By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way.

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

I didn't want to be that artist that is successful as a result of someone else. Not that that's wrong, but I felt like I had what it took. I really believed I could do it on my own, so I wanted to try, at least.

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

But I've had to act and not depend on my voice so much.

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.

Since being quite young, I've had a very strong sense of independence and survival. As a child, I was on my own two feet emotionally.

The most important thing, I've found, is to be self-reliant.

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.

One thing I'd tell an up-and-coming singer is to never rely on other people for anything. The more self-sufficient you can be, the better off you'll be.

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