We cannot solve a problem by saying, "It's not my problem." We cannot solve a problem by hoping that someone else will solve it for us. I can solve a problem only when I say, "This is my problem and it's up to me to solve it."
God helps only those who are prepared and determined to help themselves.
Doing for people what they can and ought to do for themselves is a dangerous experiment …. The welfare of the workers depends on their own initiative.
The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
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.
I never jumped into anything, and I never liked being cajoled into anything. I've pretty much always done things because I wanted to do them.
We do have the power to kind of make this world what we want it to be. But we have to just choose to do it ourselves and not wait for someone else.
At the end of the day, I come from a culture and an upbringing where you create your own path. There is no seat at the table for you? You create your own opportunity.
If you're doing something outside of dominant culture, there's not an easy place for you. You will have to do it yourself.
I've discovered on this journey in the entertainment industry that, especially as a girl, woman... it's really important to try to create your own opportunities.
You can't stand around and wait to be asked to dance.
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
You have to do the work. You have to make the opportunity. It doesn’t find you, you find it.
God helps those who work, not those who are idle. No one helps an inactive person, but one who joins in the labor. The good God himself will bring...work to perfection.
Without your own effort it is impossible for blessings to come.
Nothing happens by itself... it all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own exertions.
I auditioned on my own. I tried to make a mark for myself without anybody's help, not even Mom's.
You can wait for things to happen for you or you can make things happen for you.
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
Dreams come true, but dreams don't wait for you. You have to chase your dreams.
Make sure that when you agree with everything that's being said and when you feel passionate about your future, you take it into your hands. You do something.
I'm an independent thinker and independent leader. I have been my whole life.
There are two kinds of people: the ones who need to be told, and the ones who figure it out all by themselves.
The good life doesn't knock on the door. Joy is a job.
things cannot be expected to turn up of themselves. We must in a measure assist to turn them up
