Quotes About Self-reliance

There is no support so strong as the strength that enables one to stand alone.

Well-meant protectiveness undermines autonomy... When a will to act is thwarted, it atrophies into a wish to be taken care of.

We told them I was home-schooled, raised by feral librarians.

You get to a certain age and you can't judge yourself on your dad or your parents.

I'll tell you what: I may have fucked my life up flatter than hammered shit, but I stand here before you today beholden to no human cocksucker.

But some climbs you have to make alone.

Your job as a parent is not to make your child's way smooth, but rather to help her develop inner resources so she can cope.

A man may fall many times, but he won't be a failure until he says that someone pushed him.

I will find a man who adores me, or I'll buy a house next to a bookstore and live happily by myself," she concluded, shaking out her skirts.

Self-motivation (ability to do what needs to be done, without influence from other people or situations) is the best motivation. Oh! yes, people who are self-motivated can and will always find a reason and strength to complete a task. Even when it seems challenging, without giving up or asking someone else to encourage them. Thus, you've got to be self-motivated. -Emeasoba George

Unless/until you believe in yourself someone else/others can't/won't believe in you. Yes! and so, you've got to believe in yourself undoubtedly. For, once you are self-confident. Others/the world at large will have no other option than to wholly believe in you.

CARRY Or Be CARRIED.

The task of the solitary man is to be even more solitary.

Singur?tatea nu te înva?? c? eÈ™ti singur, ci singurul.

A citi inseamn? s?-l la?i pe altul s? trudeasc? pentru tine. Cea mai ginga?? form? de exploatare.

I shall never utterly admire anyone except a man dishonored — and happy. There is a man, I should say, who defies the opinion of his fellows and who finds consolation and happiness in himself alone.

What right have you to pray for me? I need no intercessor, I shall manage alone.

at this hour of the morning, I needed no one.

I would rather be single. I cannot possibly say that.

The steward just asked me if I was not afraid to travel alone, and I said, "Why, it is life.

Don't do for a group what a group can do for itself.

A person is strong only when he stands upon his own truth, when he speaks and acts from his deepest convictions. Then, whatever the situation he may be in, he always knows what he must say and do. He may fall, but he cannot bring shame upon himself or his cause.

Emancipation of the toilers can be the work only of the toilers themselves.

Well, you live your life the way you want, I live mine the way I want. We see who makes it farther.