Quotes About Self-reliance

It is better," says Eckhard, "to look at the wall. You look at the wall, you have your own thoughts. You look at he TV, you have the thoughts of the state.

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

Only trust theyself, and another shall noet betray thee

Wear none of thine own Chains; but keep free, whilst thou art free.

Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has.

Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent.

The force of his own merit makes his way.

Niether a borrower nor a lender be.

Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie.

Thou shalt be both the plaintiff and the judge of thine own cause.

There were no sex classes. No friendship classes. No classes on how to navigate a bureaucracy, build an organization, raise money, create a database, buy a house, love a child, spot a scam, talk someone out of suicide, or figure out what was important to me. Not knowing how to do these things is what messes people up in life, not whether they know algebra or can analyze literature.

My opposition is based on two grounds; first, the right of every rational being to become a "Priest unto himself," and by the test of enlightened reason, to form his own unbiased judgment of all things natural and spiritual:

It's not good for government to tell people that the world owes them a living and that things are free.

And I was taught to feel, perhaps too much, The self-sufficing power of solitude.

In ourselves our safety must be sought. By our own right hand it must be wrought.

Here must thou be, O man, Strength to thyself — no helper hast thou here — Here keepest thou thy individual state: No other can divide with thee this work, No secondary hand can intervene To fashion this ability. 'Tis thine, The prime and vital principle is thine In the recesses of thy nature, far From any reach of outward fellowship, Else 'tis not thine at all.

You'll never get ahead by blaming your problems on other people.

I got along without you before I met you and I'll get along without you a long time after you're gone.

I don't believe in adhering to any rules I don't support and I didn't vote for. To hell with what people think. Just be who you are and you'll be happy.

We must trust our own thinking. Trust where we're going. And get the job done.

One of the things my parents taught me, and I'll always be grateful as a gift, is to not ever let anybody else define me; that for me to define myself . . . and I think that helped me a lot in assuming a leadership position.

God help those who do not help themselves.

The North American Indian, regarded as "backward," has a life that makes sustenance, responsibility for oneself, and dignity possible. These backward people have no hint of the worthiness of their own persons.

Only by going on an untrod path, by making your own path, by being your singular self, can anyone find his own grail. In