Oswald Chambers Quotes

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.

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.

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

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?

The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative.

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

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

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 learned not to depend on other people. I needed support, but it's you who has to go out and deliver.

For me, nothing is given.

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.

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

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

You can't just wait for everybody to give you approval - you will just be waiting.

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

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

Walk away from the 97% crowd. Don't use their excuses. Take charge of your own life.

If you want things to be right, you have to do them yourself

I'm constantly reminding myself that the world owes us nothing. We have to make our way and we have to work hard, persevere and make our own way in the world because the world isn't waiting for us, so let's let the world know we are here.

we cant wait for someone else to do it, we have to take matters into our own hands or it will never be done.

If you are going to wait for someone to encourage you to do something, you just better give up.

If you want sense, you'll have to make it yourself.

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