Ann Callis Quotes

Get off your bottom and be the stand, and do the work you can to pursue the American Dream for yourself, and help others to do the same.

Nothing comes sailing by itself.

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

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

Freedom requires us to view people as wanting the opportunity to earn their success.

If you want to do something, just do it. No one is going to do it for you.

No one will do it for you.

I'm constantly reminding myself that the world owes us nothing. We have to make our way and we have to work hard, persevere and make our own way in the world because the world isn't waiting for us, so let's let the world know we are here.

Destiny doesn't do home visits... you have to go for it yourself.

Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail.

A thing that many young fellows don't seem to realism at first is that success depends on oneself and not on a kindly fate, nor on the interest of powerful friends.

So the America I came to know growing up was filled with all the excitement and possibilities found in living the American dream.

The most important factor in determining whether you will succeed isn't your gender - it's you.

Freedom is the core of all human progress. It believes that nothing's given to us, but if you're willing to work hard. If you're willing to compete, the American dream is there for you.

I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That's exactly what I've done.

No one will improve your lot if you do not yourself.

I define the American dream as the ability to imagine a way that you want your life to turn out, and have a reasonable hope that you can achieve that.

God gets you to the plate, but once your there your on your own.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

I am the American Dream.

America has no one to catch you when you fall. That makes you want to achieve. It is healthy for the soul. But all that is valued is success.

Sometimes you have to create your own chance.

I'm not going to sit on the couch in my house and expect everything to come, I know that I must continue to work hard.

I am incredibly lucky. I worked hard for my luck as well. I have made choices to do things because I wanted them to do them, not because they were the right thing to do.

I am happy with the way things are turning out for me because it is only my hard work and no one else's push.