Quotes About Self-reliance

If life is a journey, wouldn't you rather be the person behind the wheel than the one just being carried along?

The only person you can be sure to control, always, is yourself.

Nobody seemed to understand that the only person I could count on not to bring up my dad, not to feel sorry for me, or make The Face -other than my mother- was me.

Dreams, and plans, and a stark desire to change your life, all on your own. I wanted that too, but I didn't want to have to run away to do it.

That was the thing about being alone, in theory or in principle. Whatever happened—good, bad, or anywhere in between—it was always, if nothing else, all your own.

I'm not very good at accepting help, I said. It's an issue.

I like to be in charge of my destiny.

As a teacher, I pride myself on education, but I quickly realized you can't motivate people who are unwilling to do what it takes to succeed. They need to want it for themselves more than you want it for them.

I did not hesitate to be disagreeable to preserve my independence.

did not hesitate to be disagreeable to preserve my independence"—applied

La Solitude est un condition necessaire de la liberte.

we are abandoned in the world ... in the sense that we find ourselves suddenly alone and without help. Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.

If people don't think they have the power to solve their problems, they won't even think about how to solve them.

I'm going to shake this off. I'm not going to be a victim. I hate the victim bit

I wonder if the reason I tend to say yes to everything is because I deeply believe that I can survive anything.

What a person is for himself, what abides with him in his loneliness and isolation, and what no one can give or take away from him, this is obviously more essential for him than everything that he possesses or what he may be in the eyes of others...

You might wince at the fact that I put economics ahead of your family, your friends, and the rest of the world, but there's a reason. If you don't get your personal financial engine working right, you place a burden on everyone from your family to the country. Once

But ask not what your country can do for you. Come up with a plan yourself. Social media will judge it and forward it to the mainstream media and the candidates themselves. Ask yourself what you want and create a deal structure that gets it for you. Who is stopping you? (from his blog: 'Deportation and Deals 8/31/16)

Man was big enough to kill himself, thanks. No gods need apply.

From now on, no one rewires my mind but me.

What is the best government? — That which teaches us to govern ourselves.

Well-made you are, 'tis not to be denied, The rest a bold address will win you; If you but in yourself confide, At once confide all others in you.

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