Thomas a Kempis Quotes

You have to be concerned with yourself because if you're not on it all the time, nobody else is going to be.

If you want things to be right, you have to do them yourself

Stay busy and take care of your own business.

Don't let nobody take care of your business better than you.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

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

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?

I like to do everything myself - I'm very hands-on with my housekeeping, my children, travelling, how I do things.

I'll always continue to work. I've never much depended on anyone but myself, as far as that goes.

I am responsible for me. I can kind of take care of what I need to do and should do what I like to do.

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

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

Being able to take care of myself is something that my mom really instilled in me.

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

Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself.

All of the things that have happened in my life have been self-propelled. I can't blame anybody else or point a finger at anybody.

I'm my own salesman. I can't let anybody do anything for me.

Let me just worry about me. I'm not worried about anyone else. If you're doing fine, great; if you're struggling, I hope things get better for you. But I've got to be worried about my career.

Sometimes people need a kick in the pants to get them to do what they would be doing if government weren't there as a perpetual parent.

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

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.

Listen, little boy. In this business, there's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it.

There are two kinds of people: the ones who need to be told, and the ones who figure it out all by themselves.

I learned not to depend on other people. I needed support, but it's you who has to go out and deliver.

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