Jennifer Armentrout Quotes

I make my own opportunities no matter what.

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.

You have to lift your head up out of the mud and just do it.

This is my journey. If I fall, I have to pick myself up. If I'm not getting the playing time I want, it's up to me to figure out why.

We are each an army of one. March forward with your army, never let go of your future and never listen to idiots who tell you ‘no.’

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

Either I will find a way, or I will make one.

Everyone has egos, and you want to come out on top. You have to pick yourself up and go at it again.

What people say isn't going to stop me. I have to do things for myself.

Not coming from a film background, be it a teeny-weeny role or a big role, I have done it with a lot of dignity and fought my way through. But the only thing that kept me going is that I am the sort of person who doesn't take no for an answer. If someone rejects me, I will be out to prove that person wrong in my own way.

I just kept on doing what everyone starts out doing. The real question is, why did other people stop?

By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way.

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 know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.

You've got to know your limitations. I don't know what your limitations are. I found out what mine were when I was twelve. I found out that there weren't too many limitations, if I did it my way.

There's always going to be someone out there who doesn't like what you do, doesn't like your style, your face. That's part of life. But I feed off that. I don't think I'd be where I am today if it wasn't for that. It puts a little fire in the belly, keeps me going so I can prove so many people wrong.

I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.

My mother gave me a sense of independence, a sense of total confidence that we could do whatever it was we set out to do. That's how we were raised.

I've never let myself give up, because I believe in myself. I want to get stronger than I have ever been, and I will continue to tell myself that I can do it, no matter what the odds.

Nothing has been handed to me my entire life. You have to go there and take it. My mom taught me that.

My idea of putting the city on is giving inspiration to others to want to put themselves on. You should never depend on someone else to put you on. I used to do that, and it didn't get me anywhere.

My never-say-never attitude has helped me a lot. That's why after a short period after the accident, I'm capable of doing almost everything on my own.

I never doubted the fact that I could make it. I always believed in myself.

My mother has taught me to be self-reliant, independent and ambitious. She has taught me to chase my goals even though nobody believes in you, you need to believe and you need to fly.

We represent a hustler. I think we represent inspiration. I think we represent, you know, staying down. I think we represent building yourself up from the bootstraps.