Quotes About Self-reliance

I don't care if you are religious or not and I think the message is that at the end of the day, everybody has to mature and everybody has to heal and mend their own injuries, emotional injuries, on their own pace.

You cannot rely on other people's support.

I'd rather have a pencil and paper and do all my own calculations rather than rely on a machine. And I'll do most calculations in double digit multiples as quick as the machine.

If I can learn how to rely on my own strength, I can see the answers to my problems usually lie right there, within the problem itself.

You cannot rely on the police, you cannot rely on the government, you cannot rely on the bank to protect you.

I don't want to rely on what people say about me to feel good; playing's what I really enjoy.

I'm trying to set up opportunities for myself so that I don't only have one outlet to go through and rely upon as far as a support system financially, emotionally and mentally.

It's scary to think I only have me to rely on. But there's something liberating about that.

My confidence was more of a fake-it-until-you-make-it kind of thing. I tried to build my own confidence and not rely on the opinions of others.

Self-sufficiency is vitally important to my self-respect. I never wanted to rely on my parents in that way, because I knew that if I got used to it, I'd be reliant all my life.

I know that we shall meet problems along the way, but I'd far rather see for myself what's going on in the world outside, than rely on newspapers, television, politicians and religious leaders to tell me what I should be thinking.

I never wanted to rely on my family for money.

I feel very lucky that I don't have to rely on a man to give me financial security. That's a big deal.

I really do like being independent, and I don't want to have to rely on anyone else to cart me around if I break a bone.

I've always been brought up to stand on my own two feet and not rely too heavily on everyone else around me.

The point of a philosophical spirit is to rely primarily upon one's own thinking.

If you have to rely on yourself, you try harder, and when you try harder, you feel bigger.

We never really know what people are capable of until the only person they can rely on is themselves.

I want to establish myself as someone who can act and doesn't have to rely on my figure or modelling background.

As far as the fouls go, we are not going to rely on anyone else to make the calls for us.

The more confidence I get with making music, the more I feel like I can just rely on myself to fulfill me.

Anything you rely on can become a crutch. And disabled or not, when you rely on something, that is what will cripple you.

I was brought up to be uncompromisingly bloody-minded by my mother. She equipped me, without knowing it, to be someone who is creative rather than an entertainer. Not many girls are brought up like that, to never rely on a man. To not be a housewife, not be a mother.

I rely way too much on Seamless, and I really need to learn how to feed myself.