Idris Elba Quotes

I'm just not willing to give up on myself. If I'm going to fail, then I want to fail to the limits of my talent.

Luke Cage isn't going to throw a pity party for himself. He literally says to himself, 'This is the world I'm in. These are the circumstances I have.' He's a self-made man. He's trying to continuously build, and that's what's interesting about him. He's a work in progress.

You always try to fight for yourself, isn't it? You try to do the best possible job.

Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.

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

To make big steps, you've got to take action yourself and not listen to other people.

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

She told me I wasn't playing for the coach, I was playing for myself.

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

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.

I mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall succeed in everything else.

I think if I ever stopped pushing myself, I would revert quickly to quite repetitive, restrictive behaviour. But in pushing myself and concentrating on what I can do, I think I can contribute to society. And that gives me the desire to keep pushing, to see what I'm capable of. The thing to do is not to stop.

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.

I am not struggling. What I do, it is what I do.

I just kind of do my own thing, which has made me feel like a better player, a better pro because I'm in control of it. I don't have anybody who is pushing me to do something - I'm pushing myself.

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

I'm self-motivated. I'm motivated for myself to be the best I can be - for me to do that, I have to have my own motivation, my own positive energy.

When I found I could not figure something out, I decided to learn about it, until I knew as much as I could. It's my way.

You have to empower yourself.

My idea of putting the city on is giving inspiration to others to want to put themselves on. You should never depend on someone else to put you on. I used to do that, and it didn't get me anywhere.

I'm just doing me, and to me, that's what got me this far.

I need to go out there and run my own race, and have fun with it.

I didn't need to be motivated by other people overlooking me. My motivation was internal, to be better every day.

I've always felt a strong urge to prove myself.

'No one can make you successful; the will to success comes from within.' I've made this my motto. I've internalized it to the point of understanding that the success of my actions and/or endeavors doesn't depend on anyone else, and that includes a possible failure.