Quotes About Self-reliance

Forbid a man to think for himself or to act for himself and you may add the joy of piracy and the zest of smuggling to his life.

If you don't make things happen then things will happen to you.

If I would put my talent on the table, if I would control my impulses, if I would make decisions and plans for my own life, then I could be successful.

The way you live your life depends on you.

I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.

We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams.

A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.

One can make a day of any size and regulate the rising and setting of his own sun and the brightness of its shining.

Khadi mentality means decentralization of the production and distribution of the necessaries of life.

You have to assemble your life yourself - action by action.

Let me live my life the way I want to.

You don't just sit in the car and let some guy drive you through life, wasting your time.

No one else can take risks for us, or face our losses on our behalf, or give us self-esteem. No one can spare us from life's slings and arrows, and when death comes, we meet it alone.

I've grown up a lot, I'm on my own, and I've learned some valuable life lessons.

I had to do something," she said. "I couldn't just sit and wait for life to happen to me any longer.

but whatever came, she had resolved never again to belong to another than herself.

The day you graduate from childhood to adulthood is the day you take full responsibility for your life.

You and only you are responsible for your life choices and decisions.

You don't want to depend on an editor. If you want to regret something for the rest of your life, you want to make sure you're responsible for it.

If your guidance is your ego, don't rely on luck for help. you sleep during the day and the nights are short. By the time you wake up your life may be over.

The best advice I can give is to ignore advice. Life is too short to be distracted by the opinions of others.

You make your own path.

If there was one thing I'd learned, it was that you were responsible for your own ship. You had to look after the engine and make sure the plane was in order and ready to be flown. You were in charge of plotting your course. When you were in the pilot's seat, it was your hand on the throttle, no one else's. If your oil ran out or you lost your engine or the engine caught fire and you had to crash, you were the one saving yourself. No one else could do it for you.

You can't stop people from dying. You can't stop them from going away. You can't stop yourself from going away either. I know myself well enough to know that no one else can keep you awake or keep you from sleeping. That's all on me too. But man, I like this girl.