Balthazar Getty Quotes

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

I don't think anyone has made me except myself. I think I have done it on my own.

You have to empower yourself.

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

I do believe in self-help.

If you have to rely on yourself, you try harder, and when you try harder, you feel bigger.

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

In America we tell our parents to bring their child home and put him or her in a crib; as they get older, children sleep in they own room not in Mom and Dad's room. What are we training them for? It's independence, because that's what being empowered is all about.

Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.

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

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?

Maturity includes the recognition that no one is going to see anything in us that we don't see in ourselves. Stop waiting for a producer. Produce yourself.

I was ironing my own clothes when I was 11 years old. My mental strength goes back to those days.

'DWTS' really made me feel confident, and has given me a lot of just self-worth within myself and realizing that I don't need a man to be successful and that I could do a lot on my own, and have my own voice and have my own opinion.

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

'No one can make you successful; the will to success comes from within.' I've made this my motto. I've internalized it to the point of understanding that the success of my actions and/or endeavors doesn't depend on anyone else, and that includes a possible failure.

My journey is self-made because I came from nothing. It's the best feeling now, because I don't really feel like I owe anybody.

I feel I'm my own quarterback and have accomplished my own things.

There are things one must do for oneself.

I used to think I needed a man to define myself. Not any more.

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

I don't need government to be successful.

Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons.

I've always been my own hitting coach.

The only solutions that are ever worth anything are the solutions that people find themselves.