Quotes About Self-sufficiency

God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into the nest. He does not unearth the good that the earth contains, but He puts it in our way, and gives us the means of getting it ourselves.

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.

It's no good being nice and young and naive. There's no good in that at all. You've got to do it all yourself, and you've gotta learn quick. And you can't look for sympathy either.

In my years, I have seen that people must be their own gods and make their own good fortune. The bad will come or not come anyway.

In the 70s and 80s, I made a good living. Have managed my funds carefully, will never have to go out and cadge quarters from the tourists.

South Dakota is a great state because of its values, not because of dependence on government.

We were poor when I was young but the difference was that the government didn't come around telling you you were poor.

the government can do nothing for you. But you can do everything for yourselves

When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves.

I've never needed government to hold my hand.

I do not want to see any of the people cringing supplicants for the favor of the Government, when they should all be independent masters of their own destiny.

If governments would only understand that if people are left alone they'll work out their own salvation.

The government is best which makes itself unnecessary.

Government charity gives the most to those who refuse to help themselves; private charity gives less.

To expect the government to save you is to be a bystander in your own fate.

No, I'm not one (of those) people who votes for something then writes to the government to ask them to send us money. I did not request any stimulus money.

People in Oklahoma don't wake up every morning wondering what the government is going to do for them.

The American Dream is not being dependent on the federal government for your health care, for your automobile, for your college education, for your student loan on and on and on.

I may climb perhaps to no great heights, but I will climb alone.

The great quality of Dulness is to be unalterably contented with itself.

I don't have luxurious tastes or great needs, but my independence is worth a lot to me.

To me, authority is something that a freer spirit, a more independent mind, and a person who can handle the world, doesn't need guidance from.

The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.

My happiness isn't connected to my husband's or my boss's or my children's behavior. You have control over your own actions, your own well-being.