Mel Gibson Quotes

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.

By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way.

Do whatever you want to persevere, work for your own things, and do not depend on anyone to be your provider. That way, in the future, you will be all right regardless of the circumstances.

I will be making films, and I'm going to keep working, no matter what I have to do. And I don't plan to ever ask for permission from anybody.

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

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.

One thing that was drummed into me when I was younger is that you have to make your own way in life, that you mustn't expect anyone else to support you.

No one else has ever opened doors for me. I opened them myself.

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

You have to hold your bloody own or you're lost.

My parents are very conservative. They taught me the value of hard work - don't depend on other people, do it yourself.

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.

I believe that if you don't want to do anything, then sit there and don't do it, but don't expect people to hand you a corn beef sandwich and wash your socks for you and unzip your fly for you.

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

One thing I'd tell an up-and-coming singer is to never rely on other people for anything. The more self-sufficient you can be, the better off you'll be.

With AC/DC, if you've got a problem, you sort it out yourself.

You know what, I'm out there to give 100%, and I do what I think is best. I really don't care what other people think.

I work hard, and I'm very separate from what my parents do.

You can't expect anyone to hand something to you. And I'm OK with that.

Whatever I do I will do on my own strength.

I don't like asking people for things, so if I can do it myself, that's the mindset I have. My dad is very much a do-it-yourself kind of person, so I had a strong sense of independence.

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.

Never ask God to provide for you what you can provide for yourself. Get up and go get it because God will only provide what you can't.

My mother told me...if you're going to get anywhere, you're going to have to do it yourself, because no one is going to do it for you.

As one goes through life, one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.