Tina Turner Quotes

I always knew that I would have to make it on my own somehow.

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.

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

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.

We become strong, I feel, when we have no friends upon whom to lean, or to look to for moral guidance.

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.

More than anything, I think my connection to the sea has really helped me develop my independence and a sense of the importance and value of my own vision.

I'm not a person who lives for sympathy.

Whatever I do I will do on my own strength.

The only thing I have learned is to find strength in yourself. No one can help you, no one can do anything for you, you have to do the work yourself.

I 'spect I growed. Don't think nobody never made me.

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

There are things one must do for oneself.

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

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

When Marcus Garvey spoke about self-reliance, he wasn't only talking about people of colour. It's like self-reliance in general, for anyone. Just keep moving and moving within the right direction, and everything will be all right.

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

I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.

Strong people don't need strong leaders.

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

Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone.

I grew up with just my mom. She and I were like best friends. She's a very independent woman and I admire that about her. In my life, I've tried to be like that. To be okay with being on my own and being independent.

Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.

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

Remember that you are not a damsel in distress, waiting for some prince to rescue you. Forget that prince. With your brain and your resourcefulness, you can rescue yourself.