Quotes About Self-reliance

All of us need to begin to think in terms of our own inner strengths, our resilience and resourcefulness, our capacity to adapt and to rely upon ourselves and our families.

I was too naive when I started out. It was hard to understand the workings of the industry. But rejection and ridicule pushed me to discover my individuality. I wanted success on my terms.

I want the government to provide the military so we don't get invaded by somebody and destroyed. I want the government to provide the roads so I can get from point A to B. In terms of taking care of my day to day needs, I want to do that myself. I want my community to do that.

I just want to do things on my own terms as much as possible.

I just felt like I couldn't deal with the everyday responsibilities of life, paying bills and all of that. I'm terrible at all of that. So I knew I had to make enough money to pay someone else to deal with all of that.

I'm used to always deciding everything myself. It's a blessing, but also a terrible defect.

You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

When you go back and look at American history, it's not terribly different from Canadian history. If you weren't self-reliant on the prairie, you wouldn't survive.

I'm not a terribly popular person in life. I can handle that.

I hate bags. I never carry a bag. I am terrified of bags. I don't want to have to be responsible for that many things at one time.

I have always been terrified of the death of my parents. I never knew if I could count on myself. I never knew if that would send me over the edge.

Both the benefit and the terrifying aspect of standup is when it's going poorly, you've only yourself to blame. There's no one to bail you out. But when it's going great, all that approval is for you.

We are not hungry... Why foist this food upon us? We don't want to be choked. We have enough.

When you re the only one to do something it always gets done.

The best luck always happens to people who don't need it.

I like the idea of being alone. I like the idea of often being alone in all aspects of my life. I like to feel lonely. I like to need things.

I never realized how much water a person used until I started packing it up from the creek---water for washing clothes, for washing yourself,for cooking,washing dishes. That's all I seem to do all day is pack water and then dump it out.

Mean To His Horses seeks the approval of others, and not finding it, heaps it upon himself.

Very little is needed to make a happy life. It is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. —Marcus Aurelius

We are ultimately alone in that we are ultimately responsible for ourselves.

No mire lo que hagan los demás. No se le importe un pepino de lo que opine el prójimo. Sea usted, usted mismo sobre todas las cosas, sobre el bien y el mal, sobre el placer y sobre el dolor, sobre la vida y la muerte. Usted y usted. Nada más. Y será fuerte como un demonio entonces.

I don't trust people who cook from recipes," said the stranger, as if he hadn't heard him. "So whom do you trust?" asked Morini. "People who eat when they're hungry, I guess," said the stranger.

I wondered if there was any way to live amongst other people and refuse to be harnessed by their expectations and dependencies.

But if she is alone now, it is because she chose to be alone, not because someone decreed if for her. Her life is hers to live, not yours to repair.