Tyler James Williams Quotes

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.

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

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

If someone else isn't making it happen for you, make it happen yourself.

From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.

The idea that somebody else is going to swoop down and play the fairy godmother role is pretty unlikely, so why not take care of yourself?

You can't get spoiled if you do your own ironing.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

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.

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

I don't pay to have my dirty work done for me. I do it myself.

If I am to truly become an autonomous woman, then I must take over that role of being my own guardian.

Your security is not in the hands of Kerry, Bush or al-Qaida. Your security is in your own hands.

Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.

It's not what your parents give you. It's what you do with your own stuff.

You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.

Every people should be originators of their own destiny.

It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.

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.

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

Tell the people not to depend on me anymore.

Unless men are taught to rely upon themselves they can never be truly worthy of the name of freemen.

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

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