Quotes About Self-reliance

I'm neither a lady nor am I fair, And can go home without your care. (She frees herself and exits.)

Buon Dio, tu che mi hai concesso tutti questi doni, perché non te ne sei tenuti la metà e non mi hai dato in cambio la fiducia in me stesso e la capacità di accontentarmi?

No one's opinion mattered to Amanda except her own, and she was never wrong. That she was frequently not right was beside the point.

I'm going to take care of this little matter myself, since you obviously won't.

Do for yourself, for no one else will.

path's should be laid where people walk, instead of walking where paths are laid-

Everything in life, is a question of drawing a line, John, and you have to decide for yourself where to draw it. You can't draw it for others. You can try, of course, but it doesn't work. People obeying rules laid down my somebody else is not the same thing as respecting life. And if you want to respect life, you have to draw a line.

I started out mopping floors, waiting tables, and tending bar at my dad's tavern. I put myself through school working odd jobs and night shifts. I poured my heart and soul into a small business. And when I saw how out-of-touch Washington had become with the core values of this great nation, I put my name forward and ran for office.

For each one of us stands alone in the midst of a universe.

Denn das ist ja das Wunderbare an Eigenbrötlern: Sie sind Enthusiasten. Wer selbst kein Leben hat, kann irgendwas leidenschaftlich lieben, und kein Mensch macht einem deshalb Vorhaltungen.

A man can get discouraged many times, but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying.

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

You can get discouraged many times, but you are not a failure until you begin to blame somebody else and stop trying.

You can fail many times, but you're not a failure until you begin to blame somebody else.

Do not take the agenda that someone else has mapped out for your life.

The second kind you make yourself. Most people, most of their lives, most of their problems, they simply invite into their lives, sweep out a guestroom for each pain, and give it free lodging and board.

Computer mistake in grade-giving resulted in academic failure of several brilliant students. After some years the mistake was discovered. Letter was sent to each student inviting him to resume his studies. Each replied he was getting along very well without education.

The best government is no government at all.

There was a lot to be said for a man's capacity to be comfortable while alone.

Al final, tu único amigo eres tú mismo porque los demás, llegado el momento, te dejarán todos en la estancadas. Al final, todos estamos solos.

Al final, tu único amigo eres tú mismo porque los demás, llegado el momento, te dejarán todos en la estancada. Al final, todos estamos solos.

Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.

Nobody does anything if he can get anybody else to do it

Good ideas do not need to be shouted. They can take care of themselves.