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Quotes About Self-reliance

My fear, is that we are becoming so dependent on technology that if it was all taken away for some reason, some big incident, that we are losing our ability to function without it.
~ Bruce Boxleitner
I claim that in losing the spinning wheel we lost our left lung.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Clearly, we are self-made. We are the first technology. We are part inventor and part the invented
~ Kevin Kelly
WhenIWasYourAge: We had to open all doors by ourselves. None of them knew we were coming.
~ Neil deGrasse Tyson
Because what was the point in crying when there was no one there to comfort you? And what was worse, when you couldn't even comfort yourself?
~ Cassandra Clare, City of Glass
Life is lived on its ownother's shoulders are used only at the time of funeral.
~ Bhagat Singh
You fail all the time, but you aren't a failure until you start blaming someone else.
~ Bum Phillips
People who do not take charge of their lives are lathi-charged by time.
~ Kiran Bedi
I'm lost. And it's my own fault. It's about time I figured out that I can't ask people to keep me found.
~ Anne Sexton
If you're sitting around waiting on somebody to save you, to fix you, to even help you, you are wasting your time because only you have the power to take responsibility to move your life forward.
~ Oprah Winfrey
I wasn't the leader of any gang. I was for Billy all the time.
~ Billy the Kid
I got along without you before I met you and I'll get along without you a long time after you're gone.
~ Willie Nelson
You go shake your foundations, Will. I think it's about time I saved myself.
~ Melina Marchetta
The time when there is no one there to feel sorry for you or to cheer for you is when a player is made.
~ Tim Duncan
I felt like it was time to set up my future, so I set a goal. My goal was independence.
~ Beyonce Knowles
Don't be disquieted in time of adversity. Be firm with dignity and self-reliant with vigor.
~ Chiang Kai-shek
Yeah, I like being on my own. I do. I tend to be a loner, so I'm okay. I'm not okay when I have to be around everyone all the time.
~ Keri Russell
Enough of passivity and passing time while waiting for the boy friend, the girl friend, the Goddess, or the Revolution.
~ Gloria E. Anzaldúa
I tried acupuncture, the patch, and hypnosis, but found that I needed to do it alone - when the time was right for me.
~ Christy Turlington
We can't fight and beg from those we fight at the same time.
~ A. G. Gaston
I learned a long time ago in Hollywood that the only person I should vote for is myself.
~ Jack Nicholson
We didn't have counsellors rushing around every time somebody let off a gun. You just got on with it!
~ Prince Philip
You've got to stand up and do your own battles. My daddy taught me that a long time ago, that you fight your own battles. The only way to shut everybody up is to win.
~ Terry Bradshaw
What i do in my personal time is about me. if other people dont agree, then it doesn't matter 'cos it's my opinion and that's what counts at the end of the day.
~ Louis Tomlinson