Quotes About Self-reliance

In the end you have only you.

There are no gods, we are told, so I must make my own salvation.

Everything you need you already have.

I always dreamt of being a basketball player. A dream that only I believed in.

If you cannot bless yourself, then nobody can bless you.

The world doesn't owe you anything. It was here first.

If you are not thinking for yourself, someone else is thinking for you. Choose for yourself and become free from society's undertow. The Universe is ready to support you.

It's not going to happen if you wait for the boss to tell you to make it happen.

You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don't have to live like a refugee.

If you can only be happy with other people - and not alone - you are not a very happy person

When I was younger I was trying to do what I wanted to do, not what the game wanted me to do.

No one can hurt me - that's my job.

You are your own devil, you are your own God, You fashioned the paths that your footsteps have trod, And no one can save you from error or sin, Until you shall hark to the Spirit within.

Look not to legislatures and churches for your guidance, nor to any soulless incorporated bodies, but to inspirited or inspired ones.

Your parents ask you to follow the standard path: School, job, security. Is this really the best way? I don't think so - be your own boss!

We both have a lot of growing-up to do... A lot of the world to see & figure out on our own." -- Leo

Stand up and walk. Move on. After all, you have perfect legs to stand on.

The best jury of your peers that you'll ever find is…well, you. Only you know what you're capable of and what you want to be.

And I would try and walk far enough away that people would not assume I was with him.

Take Special Care of Yourself - Because No One Else Will!

Be the exceptional being who separates themselves from the herd and the fate of the herd.

You don't need anybody to tell you what is right or wrong. What you need, perhaps, is someone to show you how to come to those understandings.

Don't follow the crowd. The crowd doesn't get there. They just run round and around in a crazy race. It never ends.

What spurs a person to get more serious is highly individual, but I have found that no matter what a person's level of ability, motivation must come from within, or it will not last.