John Lydon Quotes

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

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.

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

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

Being self-made means doing things your own way - and doing it without any handouts.

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

Life helps those who help themselves.

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

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.

You have to rely on yourself and your associates - gifts don't come from above; you're going to win them, or you won't have them.

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.

I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for one good thing I can do.

If you let other people do it for you, they will do it to you.

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

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 work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

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

I think one of the defining moments of adulthood is the realization that nobody's going to take care of you. That you have to do the heavy lifting while you're here. And when you don't, well, you suffer the consequences.

Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.

From an early age my mother told me that there were so many of us that if I was to get anything in life I would have to get it myself. So I did.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

God helps those who help themselves.

I developed a sense of maturity when it comes to being dependent upon other people. I don't feel anyone really truly wants me to win more than I do.

The gods help them that help themselves.