Quotes About Self-reliance

The opportunity to attain great wealth is within the reach of almost every man and woman. Let us remember there is not a poor person in the United States who was not made poor by his own shortcomings. It is all wrong to be poor, anyhow.

She never envisioned a legal career for me, but she did think it was very important that I be able to support myself, and I think she would be pleased to see what has become of me.

I feel that we should stop wasting our time trying to please the supernatural and concentrate on improving the welfare of human beings. I think that, uh, we should use our energy and our initiative to solve our problems, and stop relying on prayer and wishful thinking. If we have faith in ourselves, we won't have to have faith in gods.

The independence of all political and other bother is a happiness.

There are advantages to the way I look. When no one expects anything of you they leave you alone and you can do whatever you want.

A person without self-confidence is incapable of being independent, and people who are dependent on their partners always create unhappiness. Always.

Don't ever give anyone, anything, the power, the authority, to control your life unless it's just to do so.

The more incompetent you are, the more of a prisoner you are, the more competent you are, the more free you are.

My survival is not my body, Amas-Garao. My survival is my freedom. I do what I will, because I will it.

Labour like a man, and be ready in doing kindnesses. He is a good-for-nothing fellow who eateth by the toil of another?s hand.

hayata kar?? b?kk?nl??? ve çaresizli?i uçup gitmi?ti. ?imdi kendine güveniyor, iradesinin hayat?na istedi?i ?ekilde istikamet verecek kudrette oldu?unu görüyor ve olgun bir insan, bir kad?n gibi dü?ünüyordu.

on seneden beri içlerinde ya?ad??? halde bir türlü al??amad??? bu insanlar?n aras?nda onun da sa?lam bir yeri olmal?yd?. Yaln?z kendisine dayanan yaln?z kendisinin olan bir yeri.

I'll join you, sir. You'll need help finding your way about the estate." His lips tightened into a disapproving line. "Begging your pardon, Lady Rosalind, but I didn't have a nursemaid when I was three, so I certainly don't need one now. I'm perfectly capable of navigating an estate alone." "I'm sure you are - indeed, you demonstrated a remarkable proficiency for it last night, and in a strange house, too.

The only way to win a rigged game, my darling, is to refuse to play. Then forge your own path. Rely on those who love you, those you love and trust yourself, and then muddle through.

Be a builder of your own app

If you still believe that someone "up there" is going to rescue you and solve all your problems, just remember that you are living on a round planet—and one that's spinning. So, whenever you look up, you are obviously looking in the wrong direction!

But you won't ever see me distressed because my way of being is not in any way enslaved to what's happening outside. This is not an otherworldly achievement. It is possible for everyone to live this way.

Whenever the need to know any dimension of life presented itself, at that moment, the answers were always there within me. Life has always been like that for me.

Any time you beg another man to set you free, you will never be free. Freedom is something that you have to do for yourselves.

Nobody can give you freedom, nobody can give you equality or justice. If you are a man, you take it.

Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you really want it, you take it.

La mejor forma de defenderte, es no parecerte al ellos

If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.

A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.