Phyllis Diller Quotes

As you practice things, you get better. I mean I've worked very hard on changing my life and taking what is good about it and trying to jettison the things I think were not good about it. I think the key word is "discipline," focus. I'm always working at it, but I'm not always successful.

Work hard at your job and you can make a living. Work hard on yourself and you can make a fortune.

God helps only those who are prepared and determined to help themselves.

Without training you will not grow wings.

You must take action yourself, for Buddhas only teach the way.

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

Let every man feel that he is the architect and builder of his own life, and that he proposes to make a success of it by working.

The gods help them that help themselves.

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

I have the drive to spend five hours a day to teach myself a skill.

Be an individual, work hard, study, get your mind straight, and trust nobody.

Self-help must precede help from others. Even for making certain of help from heaven, one has to help oneself.

The faculty of self-help is that which distinguished man from animals; that it is the Godlike element, or holds within itself the Godlike element, of his constitution.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

It's what you practice in private that you will be rewarded for in public.

Making the absolute best of ourselves is not an easy task. It is a pleasurable pursuit...but it requires patience, persistence, and perseverance.

You are your own master, you make your own future. Therefore discipline yourself as a horse-dealer trains a thoroughbred

Whether you prevail or fail depends more on what you do to yourself than on what the world does to you.

Do it for yourself. The universe will be around to collect its cut later.

Whatever it is you seek, you have to put in the time, the practice, the effort. You must give up a lot to get it. It has to be very important to you. And once you have attained it, it is your power. It can't be given away : it resides in you. It is literally the result of your discipline.

Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man.

Life is a do-it-for-others, do-it-yourself project.

My life is a discipline, a prison: I live for my own work, without which I am nothing.

You yourself must strive. The Buddhas only point the way.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.