Quotes About Self-reliance

Independence is to have full control of your life to be able to make your own choices and design your destiny.

There's a line in the picture where he (Johnny - The Wild One) snarls, 'Nobody tells me what to do.' That's exactly how I've felt all my life.

I would soar like a bird, solitary, unmated, but untrammeled.

There is no humanity or charity in destroying self-reliance, dignity, and self-respect.

I hated the idea of being half of an individual who could only be completed by someone else, the other half. I liked my independence." -Amya

Independence is paramount and freedom holds a lot of new possibilities, if all the chances are given at the right time.

When you're completely free, you're also completely on your own.

I don't need you to slay my dragons. I can perfectly do it on my own.

I despise women who rely on men entirely for their own existence.

You can love people, and you can befriend them, but the only person you can ever one hundred percent depend on is yourself.

Let's make our own way, ' says the Mother, 'and not in this boat.

I don't want to have to save your life, ' Chord says softly. 'Not when you can do it.

I once asked her if she got bored living alone, and she said, 'To say one is bored to be alone is to admit that one has no inner resources.

You might not have a car or a big gold chain, stay true to yourself and things will change

The Word of God is like a lion. You don't have to defend a lion. All you have to do is let the lion loose, and the lion will defend itself.

In the end, it's not what you do for your children but what you've taught them to do for themselves.

If you are not your own doctor, you are a fool.

Make yourself sheep and the wolves will eat you.

You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!

In the dark times, if you have something to hold on to, which is yourself, you'll survive.

You cannot wait for someone to save you, to help you, to complete you. No one can complete you. You complete yourself.

The best way to enjoy your job is to imagine yourself without one.

She soars on her own wings.

Your real security is yourself. You know you can do it, and they can't ever take that away from you.