Skepta Quotes

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

I created myself. I have taught myself so much.

I never had a role model. I ended up wanting to be the best version of myself.

Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man.

There are things one must do for oneself.

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

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.

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 don't have to do anything for anyone else's benefit anymore. I just want to exceed my own expectations.

If you have to rely on yourself, you try harder, and when you try harder, you feel bigger.

I'm my own person, and am trying to carve out a career on my own.

I don't think anyone has made me except myself. I think I have done it on my own.

The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative.

I'm very independent, creatively, always trying to push myself - and I think that comes from my mother.

I wanted to express myself. I wanted to be creative and I didn't want to worry about someone bossing me around in the process. You have to struggle no matter where you are to get to where you're going, so I'm like, working it honey!

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.

It was important to me and, I think, important to my parents that I be on my own and figure things out on my own and kind of forge my own path, and I'm really grateful for that.

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.

I'm not doing anything for anybody. I'm doing what I do.

I train as smart as I can. I'm not concerned what others think. I do what works for me.

I don't really focus on other people's expectations of me. I only care what my own expectations are.

Show people a positive path that enables them to make progress on their own terms. Give them options and alternatives that empower them.

I set my own personal goals; I'm not playing to satisfy fans.

You have to empower yourself.

My father did not do a film for me or launched me, he wanted us to do things on our own.