London Breed Quotes

That's the way I got along in life. I don't ever remember being particularly jealous of anybody, because I figured if I can't do it myself, I don't deserve to get it.

Work alone is noble.

The best recommendation I can have is my own talents, and the fruits of my own labors, and what others will not do for me, I will try and do for myself.

I've worked hard for my life. No one gave me anything.

I think anything you do on your own, so to speak, I think, is worth more than something that is maybe looked upon as gifted to you or handed to you.

Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.

I think it is important to maintain a sense of self and confidence, not letting either falter for the sake of a particular part or project, no matter how great it might be.

The only person I really believe in is me.

Now I feel like whatever I do, no one can hurt me. I cannot be violated, I cannot be humiliated, I cannot be disregarded, I cannot be disrespected.

What would life be like if everybody insisted you must have actually built such-and-such a thing by yourself? I'd be an old man and have nothing to show for the aging.

I trust myself. You need that to survive.

I think people who don't work don't really have interesting and meaningful lives. More than anything, it hurts them. When you're born rich, people just associate you with what you've been given, but the truth is every individual feels better when you create something on your own. Everyone takes pride in the work they do.

I hate pride, but if I were going to be proud of anything it would have to be something I'd done myself. Race pride is kind of stupid.

I've been able to do things that allow me to hold my head up and still be popular.

We aren’t here to be loved.

This is this thing I harp on: Sometimes acting can be a self-defeating psychological enterprise if we feel like we're desperate, if we feel like we're beggars at the door, praying that someone will take pity on us and give us a job. It would be so much better to feel like we're tradesmen.

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

I had to work on my own to establish myself.

I'm going to give it my all, but I'm also going to know my worth, know that I have options, and that's the best feeling in the world.

I basically built myself up and I'm not about to let somebody else tear me down.

Everything we got was never given to us.

I don't feel that I have to prove anything to anyone as far as what I've done in fighting.

Can't nobody handle me.

I've earned everything I have; that's the attitude.

I feel like I'm good enough to defend anybody.