Liberace Quotes

Doing for people what they can and ought to do for themselves is a dangerous experiment. In the last analysis, the welfare of the workers depends upon their own initiative. Whatever is done under the guise of philanthropy or social morality which in any way lessens initiative is the greatest crime that can be committed against the toilers. Let social busybodies and professional "public morals experts" in their fads reflect upon the perils they rashly invite under this pretense of social welfare.

Carefully avoid all undertakings which depends on others; but let him eagerly pursue that which depends on himself.

You have people like Sarah Jessica Parker - and it's also because of her mother and where she came from and all that stuff - but how you're taught to be responsible for yourself rather than endlessly people waiting for you and bringing you things.

Don't rely on leaders to do things you're equipped to do yourself.

Some people just wait for someone to take them under their wings but they should just find someones wings to grab onto.

I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

I would continue to do the things that I do. I'd get into the field and work, and be an example to other people that you can't rely on the government to be the answer to everything.

Girlfriend, if you're waiting for a fairy godmother to show up with a dress and a ride, you're not going to make it to the party.

The idea that somebody else is going to swoop down and play the fairy godmother role is pretty unlikely, so why not take care of yourself?

Only those who want everything done for them are bored.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

It's not what your parents give you. It's what you do with your own stuff.

You've got a lot of very, very smart people standing by waiting for somebody else to do the work. Not a recipe for long-term solvency in my opinion.

No, I think it taught me to be independent and never expect a handout and never wait for anybody to hand you anything in any aspect of my life.

Years ago I learned to be totally responsible for Dionne Warwick. I will not wait for opportunities. I will create them.

I came to office with one deliberate intent: to change Britain from a dependent to a self-reliant society — from a give-it-to-me, to a do-it-yourself nation. A get-up-and-go, instead of a sit-back-and-wait-for-it Britain.

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

I don't have a lot of time for people who don't take care of their own problems. Everything that needs to be done takes effort.

Do not wait for anybody or anything. Do whatever you can. Build your hope on none.

The roles that I am attracted to are women who try to do something about their lives, and not a woman who waits for some circumstance or man to come rescue her. I have no interest in that.

Don't expect others to do your work for you.

Instead of idleness, vanity, or an intellect formed by the spoon-feeding of others, my girls have acquired energy, industry, and independence.

We must clearly understand that when we give the child freedom and independence, we are giving freedom to a worker already braced for action, who cannot live without working and being active.

Doing for people what they can and ought to do for themselves is a dangerous experiment.