Quotes About Self-reliance

If all it takes is an angry stranger to ruin your day, what are you going to do if something really serious happens? Why give someone else control of your life like that?

We strive to decide our own fate. We act with self-reliance, trusting in our own abilities. We accept responsibility for our conduct and for maintaining and improving the skills that enable us to produce added value.

God wants us to be stronger than we are--more fixed in our purpose, more certain of our commitments, eventually needing less coddling from Him, showing more willingness to shoulder some of the burden of His heavy load. In short, He wants us to be more like He is and, if you haven't noticed, some of us are not like that yet.

At Honda, it's sink or swim. They don't teach you step-by-step; they just throw you into the pool and let you figure it out on your own. If you don't know how to swim at first, you need to be aggressive to survive. We are to try out whatever we think is necessary to take ourselves to the next level.

My main measure of success is that nobody owns me.

Weakness is not a characteristic you want to share with the world

Let this be a lesson, child. Don't ever let a man dim your light. In this world, you can't count on anyone but yourself.

You need to take control of your own destiny.

You are a survivor, like me. Remember that. No matter what happens, you can handle it. Trust yourself.

I'm a big, tough girl. I'll be all right. I tie my own sandals and everything.

Too much togetherness is never good. You have to stand on your own two feet.

No one should decide your future for you but you. If you don't like where your life is headed, change it.

I'll be all right. I'm a big, tough girl. I tie my own sandals and everything.

I'm not going to wait for Father to find Olivina. I'm going to do it myself.

Can't we all simmer down a bit? Let the teachers teach, the parents parent, and the kids do the learning. Our children will be fine, just as we were. They will figure it out, just as we did. They don't need every advantage skewed their way and every discomfort fluffed with pillows. I bet they don't even need sandwich dolphins. I am a product of bologna, red Kool-Aid, and home perms, and I turned out okay.

If our kids only expect blessings and exemptions, they will be terrible grown-ups. These are not the adults we want to launch, nor are they the Snowflakes we want our kids to marry. We cannot be the mothers-in-law for these people, oh my gosh. If grown-ups expect sandwich dolphins from their spouses, bosses, churches, friends, and children, this will all be a disaster.

If you are drowning in a sea your regular people are not equipped to swim in, if what you need is deeply rooted and requires the care of a professional, nothing is more courageous than saying this out loud and moving toward your own healing. As I mentioned earlier, the failure to ask for help when needed tends to perpetuate self-neglect much more than self-reliance.

You think you're so cool just because you can walk!

And if the answer is "let the jackass think he's right," then so be it.

One day you might realize you can no longer remember the names of the people whose approval you o desperately thought you would die without

Take people's advices but... LET THE CHOICE BE YOURS:)

My definition of courage is never letting anyone define you.

A relationship isn't going to make me survive. It's the cherry on top.

Politics is a lot like sex - if you want something, you have to ask for it, if theyre not doing it right youve got to speak up and show them and if you still dont get what you want, then there is nothing wrong with doing it yourself.