Quotes About Self-reliance

That's what I love about writing is you don't need anyone's permission to do it. You can just get up in the morning, grab a pad and pen and start writing.

My whole life I have sort of done my own thing. I rarely ask permission; I sometimes ask forgiveness.

I pay all my own bills... I want to choose the man. I do not permit men to choose me.

Sometimes people need a kick in the pants to get them to do what they would be doing if government weren't there as a perpetual parent.

I had a persistent mindset that I was going to make something happen for myself.

Not one person can make or break what I'm doing, except me or God.

The emancipation of the working class can only be achieved by the working class itself — without the assistance of governments.

Fix it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.

The first principles upon which the Paris working-men agreed with the British trade-unionists and Owenites, when they met in 1862 and 1864, at London, was that "the emancipation of the working-men must be accomplished by the working-men themselves.

And yet," said he, "how can a man take care of his own horse or furbish up his spear and helmet, if he is unaccustomed to using his hands on his own dear person? Know ye not," said he, "that the end and object of conquest is to avoid doing the same thing as the conquered?

At some point you have to start letting people save their own life.

Don't ask for advice too much. Go with you, as gritty as that might be at times.

Sometimes being hotheaded and doing it your own way and walking out on all the hot shit might be the right thing to do.

Dan alangkah indah kehidupan tanpa merangkak-rangkak di hadapan orang lain

Masa terbaik dalam hidup seseorang adalah masa ia dapat menggunakan kebebasan yang telah direbutnya sendiri

Berbahagialah dia yang makan dari keringatnya sendiri bersuka karena usahanya sendiri dan maju karena pengalamannya sendiri.

Semua yang terjadi d bawah kolong langit adalah urusan setiap orang yang berpikir

Masa lalu tak perlu jadi beban, bila tak sudi jadi pembantu.

Negeri Matahari Terbit, negeri Kaisar Meiji itu berseru pada para perantaunya, menganjurkan: Belajar berdiri sendiri! Jangan hanya jual tenaga pada siapa pun! Ubah kedudukan kuli jadi pengusaha, biar kecil seperti apa pun; tak ada modal? berserikat, bentuk modal! belajar kerja sama! bertekun dalam pekerjaan!

Semua yang terjadi di bawah kolong langit adalah urusan setiap orang yang berpikir.

Uh, Hindia, negeri yang hanya dapat menunggu-nunggu hasil kerja Eropa!

Tak bakal mampu orang Indonesia punya babu dalam keadaan begitu sulit beras.

Dengan bangsaku sendiri aku merasa lebih terjamin.

She has a unique quality which I have myself commented upon on several occasions. She has built her own career—fearlessly and aggressively—and what she is today is the outcome of her own struggle, labour and hard work. She has an aura about her which is difficult to explain but impossible to ignore.