Quotes About Self-reliance

My dad wouldn't buy me tight pants. I had to get my own money to buy them.

I don't have a mortgage or kids, so I can lie low and tighten my belt if I need to.

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

He is free who knows how to keep in his own hand the power to decide, at each step, the course of his life, and who lives in a society which does not block the exercise of that power.

It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'

It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.

I've been my own man. Ain't nothing richer than that

A man who has to forge his own tools, his own language, is a man who is going somewhere.

Protection does not come in a bottle. It is in me, in my actions, in my thoughts. I am the best medicine for myself. I am the cure and the disease.

Can anyone do much for anyone else unless by making a will in his favour and dying then and there? Should not each look after his own happiness, and will not the world be best carried on if everyone minds his own business and leaves other people to mind theirs?

How small, of all that human hearts endure,That part which laws or kings can cause or cure!Still to ourselves in every place consign'd,Our own felicity we make or find.

Long as you're healthy, Bellona is great. But there's no doctors or nothing, you know?

Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.

Help from without is often enfeebling in its effects, but help from within invariably invigorates (p.9).

you are the best authority on how to live your life.

I've never had any need for somebody to be my role model. I've been my own role model.

I WANT EVERYONE to understand that no book and no doctor is a substitute for one's own sensitive contemplation and careful observations. Books with their ready-made formulas have dulled our vision and slackened the mind. Living by other people's experiences, research, and opinions, we have lost our self-confidence and we fail to observe things for ourselves.

I like being independent. I don't think that marriage means you're not independent, but right now I'm very comfortable, and I'm probably the happiest I've ever been. I feel solid. I feel safe.

She was trying to make him understand that she would never march to the beat of anyone else's drum again and he was arrogantly assuring her that she would if he were the drummer!

Get a grip on your heart and pride, girl. Nobody has or ever will give a damn whether you're happy or not.

We all grew up in spite of our parents. I trust our children will do likewise.

the day came for every woman when she must choose one kind of life or another or let someone else make the choice for her.

No one will save you," Silette said from his rooftop. "No one will come. You are alone in your search; no friend, no lover, no God from above will come to your aid. Your mysteries are yours alone.

Pull yourself together, bitch. He's just a guy.