Quotes About Self-reliance

To my mind, college is the place to expand, to overcome prejudices, to look at things through one's own eyes. Here the boy first stands upon his own feet. Hitherto he has been in the hands of others to mould, now he must mould himself. He must cut loose from old ideas.

When stuck in the river, it is best to dive and swim to the bank yourself before someone drops a large stone on your chest in an attempt to hoosh you there.

Some kids would be much better off without the added confusion of an adult point of view.

Soiés resolus de ne servir plus, et vous voilà libres.

I am amazed at those disciples who declare that they require this or that master. You are perfectly well aware that I have never been taught by any man. God was my guide, though I have the greatest respect for all the masters.

The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.

People who follow others' footsteps will never leave their own footsteps.

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?

Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?

Life is a do-it-yourself project

Abigail Gehring

You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

A lot of guys and people in our society think that chicks just love dudes with money. Chicks love dudes who are successful who happen to have money - do you know what I mean? Chicks are attracted to dudes that are doing their own thing.

My mom was on welfare and the occasional food stamp, but I have never participated in any of those governmental programs, even the ones that kind of work like education, scholarships and whatever, and I managed to do just fine.

I vowed never to let that happen again. Never to put myself in a position to be left by a man. It was one of those youthful promises you make to yourself and keep long after you stop recognizing what you are doing, or how it is distorting your life.

I'm fiercely independent, but I'm also terrified of being alone.

?ywy, o nic przed nikim nie umia?em ?ebra?, ?ebra? lito?ci nie b?d? umar?y!

loneliness is the inevitable cost of looking after ourselves.

10. You have to deal with stuff on your own and that's all there is to it.

Every man is, no doubt, by nature, first and principally recommended to his own care; and as he is fitter to take care of himself than of any other person, it is fit and right that it should be so

Never complain of that of which it is at all times in your power to rid yourself.

Ése es el gran desafío," dije, "cambiar nuestro pensamiento de 'cómo arreglo las cosas yo' a 'cómo capacito a mis hijos para arreglar las cosas por sí mismos.

shrug. I don't feel that. I'd settle for being ignored, left alone, unjudged. Unharried. I just want to live my life. I don't need anyone to understand it. 'Do you think? It strikes me as the ultimate in self-absorption, hoping for understanding from others to give meaning to your life. Get over yourself, I say.