Milo Ventimiglia Quotes

It's a huge responsibility being a solo act.

Yeah, I just handle my business.

From the age of 11, I was taught the importance of earning my own money. I would babysit, walk dogs, clean cars, and work at the local corner shop and the butcher's. If I wanted to buy something, I always bought it myself.

Take responsiblilty for yourself because no one's going to take responsibility for you.

Never trouble another for what you can do yourself

I had a paper round and every night I would put the dinner on before Mum came home from work. I was capable because I had to be.

Through a huge duration of my life, someone has always picked up after me. And when you're on your own and you're trying to be independent, it's definitely different.

Without any assistance whatever, I founded a school in Weimar in 10 years. Only I could perform certain works with the scanty means that I dared not ask anyone else to work with.

Raising myself and caring for my brothers and sisters allowed me the benefit of a lot of information that I wouldn't have otherwise gotten. I had to be frugal, thoughtful, resourceful. I didn't have anyone to tell me, 'You can't.'

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

If the national government doesn't fix your problem, you've got a problem. You've got to fix it yourself. That's just part of the American way.

The way I look at it, I'd rather make my own mistakes than have people make them for me.

Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.

If you let other people do it for you, they will do it to you.

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

I think I'm mostly looking forward to the college life. I'm looking forward to more freedom. Here everything is really structured and scheduled, but in college you've got to be more responsible and you can get things done on your own time. I'm really looking forward to that.

There's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it.

The Chinese mom is not the helicopter mom. I would never do their homework for them. It's all about: Take responsibility, don't blame others. Be self-reliant. Never blame the teacher.

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

My dad was pretty old school. I've had a job since I can remember, and it's not like he was like, 'Hey, what kind of car do you want?' My first car was a '91 Ford Crown Victoria that was $1,000. And I had to buy every car after that. I had to do it all.

Every tub must stand upon its bottom.

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

I am not a father who wants to give his kids everything. They have to earn it.

It's no good being nice and young and naive. There's no good in that at all. You've got to do it all yourself, and you've gotta learn quick. And you can't look for sympathy either.

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