Stacy Brown-Philpot Quotes

There are things one must do for oneself.

Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone.

You are the master of your own ship, pal. There are lots of people who fall into troubled waters and don't have the guts or the knowledge or the ability to make it to shore. They have nobody to blame but themselves.

I always knew there wasn't going to be anybody to help me and emotionally support me, that whatever I did I'd have to do on my own.

We all have to work for happiness. And you cannot listen to other people. That is the worst mistake you can make.

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

Can't nobody else get in there and help you. Your coach, he can't get in the ring and fight with you. You don't have your dad, your mom. When you get in the ring, you don't have anybody but yourself.

Nobody will believe in you but yourself, so you have to be on your own side.

At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter what other people think. You're out there running your own race and you want to run everybody as clean as possible.

Nobody is going to love and honor your dreams like yourself. It's really not looking for someone to be your superhero but for us to save ourselves and to really understand that. I've been at the lowest of lowest of my life, and it took that for me to realize that I want to do better and to be better.

We never really know what people are capable of until the only person they can rely on is themselves.

In this life, you have to be your own hero.

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

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.

Be able to live alone, even if you don't want to and think you will never find it necessary.

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

I have to thank my mum for kicking me out at 16 and making me stand on my own two feet - that's how I got here.

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

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

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.

I knew that if-God forbid-anything ever happened in my life, I needed to know how to take care of myself.

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 cannot rely on other people's support.