Quotes About Self-reliance

A true man belongs to no other time or place, but is the center of things.

You have to be concerned with yourself because if you're not on it all the time, nobody else is going to be.

You shouldn't rely on others to help you determine what's good and what's bad. In no time at all, you'll simply be under someone else's control.

I always do makeup touch-ups myself, especially for blood, wounds, and dirt. It saves so much time.

I realised something important: whatever is on the outside can be taken away at any time. Only what is inside you is safe.

This is making me crazy. I hate relying on other people to save me, I hate being clingy, I hate it, and every time you show up, I lean on you. - Matilda Scarlet Veronica Betty Vilma Goodnight

I never took much, I never asked for your crutch, Now don't ask for mine.

A 10-pound sack of potatoes lasts a long time.

No more relationships ! No more wasting time !No more feelings !

This generation must spend less time waiting for manna from heaven, but spend more time in the fields building and producing

An enlightened thinker does not waste his precious time thinking about what others think of what he thinks.

The reason swimming is one of the hardest sports is because you have to be in the pool by yourself every day, making that sacrifice. There's no time to do anything else.

There is no disgrace in working. There was no silver spoon around at the time I was born.

I pack a toothbrush, toothpaste, and deodorant. That's it. I don't have the time or patience for anything else. I'm a natural kind of guy. I don't style my hair - never learned how.

There is a core independence and dignity you get when you control your own time.

A man of real purpose puts his faith in himself always. Sometimes he refuses even to put his faith in the gods. So from time to time, he falls into error.

You have got to believe in yourself every time you go out there and race. If you have no faith in your ability all that training has been a waste of time.

The corporate-powered parties are not gonna do it for us, not the greater or the lesser evil. We have to do it for ourselves. And the minute we stand up and stand together, we are unstoppable.

If people in America would get their finances together and start taking care of each other, we could put the government out of business.

Real men don't use instructions, son. Besides, this is just the manufacturer's opinion on how to put this together.

A belt does nothing but hold your gi together. A belt has assigned significance, a belt is someone else saying you're good, you don't need other people saying that you're good in order to be good.

I never fall apart, because I never fall together.

We are all in this together, by ourselves.

La Masia is a place where lots of people live together but you are on your own.