Martin Delany Quotes

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

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.

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

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

Success is mine when I work my hardest to become my best, and I alone determine whether I do so.

You gotta make your own way. You gotta find a way. You gotta get it done. It's hard. It's tough. That's what I tell my students every day in class. I've been very fortunate. Some people might call me a hardhead, but I'm not going to let other people dictate to me who I should be or the stories I should tell. That doesn't register with me.

I believe in pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps. I believe it is possible — I saw this guy do it once in Cirque du Soleil. It was magical.

Without your own effort it is impossible for blessings to come.

If you want the best things in life you have to earn them for yourself.

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

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.

A self-willed man has no other aim than his own growth.

Ultimately the greatest help is self-help.

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

There are things one must do for oneself.

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

I'm the kinda person, you gotta fight for everything you get. You gotta believe in yourself.

Relatives cannot help you in the studios. You stand or fall by your own efforts.

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.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

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

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

I'm doing it, I took responsibility in my country and I've done it with my bare hands.

I know that no one can really stop me but myself and that really no one can help me but myself.