Malala Yousafzai Quotes

Nothing comes sailing by itself.

Only those who want everything done for them are bored.

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 think, since I was a kid, I had that independence of being driven and being motivated in whatever I did, whether school work or a sport or even a hobby.

If you really want something, you've gotta just do it and not wait for other people to hand it to you.

Don't hope someone gives you an opportunity: create one for yourself.

I want people to see that you don't need to rely on other people to make your dreams happen: you have to grab them yourself.

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

You don't wait for somebody to give you something. Then it's not going to happen.

I got tired of asking people to do stuff and waiting on results, so I just took it into my own hands.

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.

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

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

God helps those who help themselves.

God helps those who help themselves.

You shouldn't wait for other people to make special things happen. You have to create your own memories.

If no one's doing the creative work that you want to do, do it yourself.

The gods help them that help themselves.

Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.

If you want to do something, just do it. No one is going to do it for you.

Listen, little boy. In this business, there's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it.

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

If you want to do something, what does it matter where you are ranked?

I came out of UCB and, before that, punk rock, and the whole deal was you do it yourself. Get up and rent the space, get up and press your own records, get up and silkscreen your own tees, get it done yourself. That sort of self-reliance will only serve me. Any time I lose sight of that, my career suffers.