Grover Cleveland Quotes

One thing I'd tell an up-and-coming singer is to never rely on other people for anything. The more self-sufficient you can be, the better off you'll be.

My kids learned to be independent.

The big things I've had are things I bought myself.

We need to stop apologizing for celebrating life. We need to stop apologizing for wanting to protect an individual's right to build a business.

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

Leave bands, go back to obscurity if I choose to, without a great sense of loss of security because it's all been based on the fact that I did it on my own or was doing, enjoying doing it on my own in the first place.

Learn to bet on yourself and have confidence in your own decisions. No one knows your business better than you.

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.

Self-reliance - that's a dirty word to Democrats. They want people to believe that self-reliance means you don't do anything with anybody. They don't want it thought of as accepting responsibility for one's life. Enterprise. Imagination. Independence. Entrepreneurism.

At the end of the day, I'm the biggest boss. I'm self-made.

Being self-made means doing things your own way - and doing it without any handouts.

You have to empower yourself.

I got my start by giving myself a start.

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

I've always been alone, done things by myself and stood stronger than the others.

I don't like asking people for things, so if I can do it myself, that's the mindset I have. My dad is very much a do-it-yourself kind of person, so I had a strong sense of independence.

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

Even when I was modelling, I never had a mom sitting on my head and a bunch of people waiting on me. I've always been independent. I'll do my thing and go.

I have never been worried about the future. I will always be able to drive my own feet.

No one else has ever opened doors for me. I opened them myself.

You have to figure out ways to do things on your own. I do my own thing, and I don't pay much attention to what anyone else is doing.

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

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

It just doesn't occur to an American that someone else will solve their problems. Americans take pride in solving problems for themselves. And if we fail, we get back up and try again. It's what we do. It's who we are.

No, I do it all, but I do love to play solo.