Nicole Kidman Quotes

Listen, little boy. In this business, there's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it.

I have to do things for myself, and if those standards are set high, then it's up to me to pass or fail.

I put more pressure on myself than anybody in this world.

I just kind of do my own thing, which has made me feel like a better player, a better pro because I'm in control of it. I don't have anybody who is pushing me to do something - I'm pushing myself.

I'm very demanding of myself.

I don't need others to push me. I push myself.

I'm not really worried about what Anthony Johnson does. I have to worry about what I do to prepare myself.

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

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

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.

I'll always be tough on myself.

More power than all the success slogans ever penned by human hand is the realization for every man that he has but one boss. That boss is the man - he - himself.

You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.

I know that no one can really stop me but myself and that really no one can help me but myself.

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

Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.

I like people who take responsibility for their lives.

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.

You have to be concerned with yourself because if you're not on it all the time, nobody else is going to be.

All of the things that have happened in my life have been self-propelled. I can't blame anybody else or point a finger at anybody.

As tough as I've been on anybody, as hard as I've ever been on anybody, I have been harder on myself. By far.

Learn to expect less from life and more from yourself. Accept the changes that life throws at you. Remember, your destiny is pretty much in your hands. So, as your mom may have told you, keep them clean.

I put the most pressure on myself.

Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.

You have to work on your own thing. You have to work on yourself, and you have to bring something to the game.