Tory Lanez Quotes

Kenya, being a third world country, from a young age your eyes are open to the real world. I'd like to think growing up there taught me to stand on my own two feet, make my own decisions about what I wanted to be.

My kids learned to be independent.

I have to thank my mum for kicking me out at 16 and making me stand on my own two feet - that's how I got here.

After school, I'd wait for someone to pick me up and no one would, so I'd be like, 'I guess I'll walk home.' I had to be a hustler, because nobody did anything for me.

A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnessary.

Some experiences can give you a chip on your shoulder, but they also teach you the value of independence and looking out for yourself.

Those of us who were 12 or 13 when the war started were absolutely thrown into the mainstream. We had to grow up instantly and take care of ourselves.

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

Becoming an adult means leaving the world of your parents and starting to make your way toward the future that you will share with your peers.

You are the master of your own ship, pal. There are lots of people who fall into troubled waters and don't have the guts or the knowledge or the ability to make it to shore. They have nobody to blame but themselves.

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

Grow up and let anyone try to contend with the adult you.

I don't think my parents told me enough how the world doesn't really care about me. I think it's important to tell children that the world doesn't really care about you. You have to fight to be heard.

My philosophy is I'm raising future adults, not children.

From an early age my mother told me that there were so many of us that if I was to get anything in life I would have to get it myself. So I did.

I basically raised myself.

When you don't have anybody to take care of you, then you could go both ways: You could do whatever you want, or you could take charge and be your own parent.

Looking back, I realise I had to grow up and be responsible at a very tender age.

You've got to stand up and do your own battles. My daddy taught me that a long time ago, that you fight your own battles. The only way to shut everybody up is to win.

You may lose your wife, you may lose your dog, your mother may hate you. None of those things matter. What matters is that you achieve success and become free. Then you can do whatever you like.

Since being quite young, I've had a very strong sense of independence and survival. As a child, I was on my own two feet emotionally.

My parents didn't give me any scope to feel sorry for myself. They were just like 'go play with your brother, go climb a tree, go fall off your motorbike, do whatever you want. Don't come crying to us when you get scratched. You've got prosthetic legs - that's very nice.'

Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims.

The finest inheritance you can give to a child is to allow it to make its own way, completely on its own feet.

As you grow and mature, you will want and will earn more freedom to live your lives your way and to make your own choices. This you should do.