Quotes About Self-reliance

People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.

The Puritan's idea of hell is a place where everybody has to mind his own business.

The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living.

if the world had helped us from the beginning, we never would have reached this point. Some think that we're religious fundamentalists. But nobody forces me to fast during Ramadan.

Please do not make me reach for my inner Annie Oakley because she often hangs out with my inner Calamity Jane.

I travel without barely any luggage. Just a second set of underwear and binoculars and a map and a toothbrush.

Free yourself to be free."

The best way to live your life is not to depend on mine.

Wanting the result of others is the same as asking the seed to bear fruit.

dependency harms culture. People thrive the more they can be self-reliant.

There was a time in L.A. when I drove to 7-Eleven to go grocery shopping, and I locked my keys in my car, which wasn't insured. My wallet was in there, and I couldn't call AAA, because I only had $7 in my bank account. It was one of those moments where I was like, 'O.K., I literally have nothing right now.'

I finally faced the fact that it isn`t a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fewer problems.

I decided long ago, never to walk in anyone's shadows.

I'd rather be alone than unhappy

I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow; if I fail, or if I succeed at least I live as I believe.

I'm much happier on my own. I can spend as much time with somebody as I want to spend, but I'm not looking to be with somebody forever or live with someone. I don't want somebody in my house.

Mark my words: living alone is the ultimate exploration of inner truth. It's one thing to see yourself as a web of changing relationships: to others, to society, to material things and places. It's quite another to see simply yourself, to be your own companion, to talk to yourself and answer back honestly. Your times change because others change them for you. My changes come purely from within.

I wonder if The Lesson is that, in order to succeed, I need to rely upon myself, trust myself, love myself, and not put my happiness and sadness into the hands of others.

I need to rely upon myself, trust myself, love myself and not put my happiness and sadness into the hands of others.

Önemli olan tek bir ?ey vard?r: Sak?ngan ve korkak kimselerin yürüdü?ü yoldan ba?ka bir yönü gösterse, seni sürüden ay?rsa bile, yüre?inden gelen sesi dinle. Ya?am, zaman zaman sana dayan?lmaz ac?lar verse de, küsme, kaba davranma ona kar??.

Money-primed people become more independent than they would be without the associative trigger. They persevered almost twice as long in trying to solve a very difficult problem before they asked the experimenter for help, a crisp demonstration of increased self-reliance. Money-primed people are also more selfish: they were much less willing to spend time helping another student who pretended to be confused about an experimental task.

Even when they are not sure they will succeed, these bold people think their fate is almost entirely in their own hands. They are surely wrong: the outcome of a start-up depends as much on the achievements of its competitors and on changes in the market as on its own efforts.

My parents believe in the principle of 'sink or swim,' or 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger ? or it kills you." From "The Education of Robert Nifkin

But why? Why do you need prophets to tell you how you ought to live? Why do you need anyone to tell you how you ought to live