Rachel Tucker Quotes

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

I believe your children should work on their own and make a name for themselves. By doing this they become confident. My parents did this with me and I tried to do the same with my children.

Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision.

My mom has made it possible for me to be who I am. Our family is everything. Her greatest skill was encouraging me to find my own person and own independence.

My parents never condescended to me. As a child, I always sat at the head of our dinner table. I was always given a lot of responsibility.

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.

I like to give my daughter some rope and let her make her own decisions.

My mother often told us that it is a poor dog that will not wag its own tail.

I know that I can do myself better than anybody else can.

You let a guy take care of business. You leave him in a space. You don't want to run up to him and say, Yo, man, you can do this. You can knock this free throw down.' You just let a guy do what he does.

A parent does not do everything for their kid. A parent that does everything for their kid produces a kid with no self-confidence.

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

My parents never pushed me to be an actress. You can come from a family of actors, and sometimes there have been families that grow you up as an actor, but this wasn't my situation. It's very important to find your own way because it's something you then have to confront yourself.

I do believe in self-help.

I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.

Kids are smart. Knowledge is power. Let them figure things out. Don't turn into that grown-up who they won't come to.

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

I never found anyone who could look after me as well as I could look after myself.

For me, I want my kids to find their way. If they're interested in something, I want them to try it out.

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

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

The big things I've had are things I bought myself.

My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all the executive decisions. I've always been willing to rise or fall on my own merits.

One of mom's greatest acts of generosity was that she trained me to be defiant. Her great gift to me was encouraging me to be the person that I wanted to be, not the one that she and my father wished I was.

I don't expect anyone to give me anything.