Quotes About Self-reliance

As we say out West, if a man can't skin he must hold a leg while somebody else does.

I do not know of any firm to suggest at the moment, but why not run them ourselves?

Such repeated shocks must have stripped Alexander Hamilton of any sense that life was fair, that he existed in a benign universe, or that he could ever count on help from anyone. That this abominable childhood produced such a strong, productive, self-reliant human being—that this fatherless adolescent could have ended up a founding father of a country he had not yet even seen—seems little short of miraculous.

That this abominable childhood produced such a strong, productive, self-reliant human-being - that this fatherless adolescent could have ended up a founding father of a country he had not yet even seen - seems little short of miraculous.

I worked thirteen years, got me nowhere. I feel like I tried it their way, and to hell with them. Now I'm going to try it my way.

and heaved himself up and out. He stood in the cold clear air for a second and then turned and pushed the door shut again behind him. Held still for a second longer. Then he stepped forward and leaned against the side of the hood up near the headlight.

Waste not, want not, make do and mend, don't make an exhibition of yourself.

My name is Jack Reacher," I said. "No middle name. No address.

A visitor from outer space would assume the viability of the United States depended entirely on the ability of the citizenry to carry eight-by-four sheets of board, safely and in vast quantities.

I said, "I don't need no education.

Reacher always arranged the smallest details in his life so he could move on at a split second's notice. It was an obsessive habit. He owned nothing and carried nothing. Physically he was a big man, but he cast a small shadow and left very little in his wake.

But we were hungry. And we had things to do. Roscoe put on the clothes she'd brought from her place in the morning. Jeans, shirt, jacket. Looked wonderful. Very feminine, but very tough. She had a lot of spirit.

That's the thing with life; whenever there's a real proper decision to be made, there's never anybody around but you.

we can't be filled with the power of God until we let go of the false pretense that we can get by on our own.

one of the most beneficial things we can do for ourselves is to look for ways to exercise control over our lives—or at least to look for ways that help us feel that we do.

rule by the losers—by those who, for whatever reason, cannot or choose not to achieve values on their own, but depend instead on the work and effort of others.

Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.

It's done by everyone minding their own business

I don't like belonging to another person's dream

Più ci cavo io per me, meno ci cavi tu per te

It isn't respectable to beg

Si todo el mundo se ocupara de sus propios asuntos , el mundo giraría mucho más rápido

No doy nada a la gente en las manos, eso no serviría; debes tomarlo tú misma.

I wish to live for myself. I should never want to be trapped.