Quotes About Self-reliance

You happen to life Eloise...You've always made your own decisions, always been in control

It was time to stop waiting, time to forget about fate and destiny It was time to act. To work. Hard. No one was going to hand him that second-to-last piece of the puzzle; he had to find it for himself.

it was probably part of the reason she was feeling so miserable. She'd placed her fate and her happiness in the hands of another, and she hated it.

I'm pretty much a loner. That's not good, bad, or indifferent.

It's up to the individual to make the best of what life has dealt.

It's an individual sport so you get in the ring on your own and then when you retire you tend to spend the rest of your life on your own.

I've run into certain geniuses of individualism - they are very few and far between - who live their lives completely on their own terms; they are very powerful and have a great amount of happiness. We all should aspire to that.

In F1, nobody is here to help you, and you have to make your place, and that is done by everyone individually.

Fundamentally, American society is composed of individuals who don't go out of their way to do each other favours.

Our view is that individuals and families can govern their lives better than bureaucrats.

Having an infant is difficult. It's a lot of work, and I didn't hire any help because I overestimated my own abilities.

Giving birth to a baby does not make you an infant.

Your opinion is not influenced by anyone when you're alone at a matinee. It's just you and the movie.

I'm not easily influenced by a lot of people.

I don't have any influences, any heroes, it's just me.

I sleep at night; I do not think about anything. I put everything in my bag and go to sleep. Whatever you can do to me, it does not affect me. I started my life, my own life. I did not inherit it.

The finest inheritance you can give to a child is to allow it to make its own way, completely on its own feet.

I think that initial independence is very important; that's what being an entrepreneur is all about.

Initiative is doing the right things without being told.

The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative.

But I don't see myself as someone who needs to be managed or has to worry about injuries.

But I can tell you what your folly and injustice will compel us to do. It will compel us to be free from your domination, and more self-reliant than we have been.

I have achieved an inner freedom.

If you are going to do something truly innovative, you have to be someone who does not value social approval. You can't need social approval to go forward. Otherwise, how would you ever do the thing that you are doing?