Quotes About Self-reliance

Even when they tell you "it can't be done, it's never been done, nobody's ever done it that way," all they're revealing about themselves is that they are limited, minimally-talented, inept, lazy to the point where they'll let the job walk out the door then have to stretch their imagination to figure out a way the job can be done, and they are not people you should be dealing with, because they can't solve their own problems, much less yours.

Great literature will insist upon its self-sufficiency in the face of the worthiest causes

Ho Chi Minn's dictum: "Nothing is more precious than freedom and independence.

Nothing is more precious than freedom and independence.

American values as self-reliance, rugged independence, a reverence for the land, a belief in the importance of hard work and self-sacrifice, and a willingness to fight when necessary for home, family, and community. And

I can tell you. In New York you are your own person. You may reach out and embrace all of Manhattan in sweet aloneness, or you can go to hell if you want to.

but you see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that's the way I want to live.

I don't hafta take his sass

ali prije nego što mogu živjeti s drugima, moram mo?i živjeti sam sa sobom. Savjest je jedna od stvari o kojoj se ne odlu?uje glasovanjem ve?ine.

Prije nego što mogu živjeti s drugima, moram mo?i živjeti sam sa sobom.

sebelum aku mampu hidup bersama orang lain, aku harus hidup dengan diriku sendiri. Satu hal yang tidak tunduk pada mayoritas adalah nurani seseorang

tetapi sebelum aku mampu hidup dengan orang lain, aku hidup dengan diriku sendiri. Satu hal yang tidak tunduk pada mayoritas adalah nurani seseorang.

In New York you are your own person. You may reach out and embrace all of Manhattan in sweet aloneness, or you can go to hell if you want to.

Atticus's wisdom; he was growing old and he wanted to die safe in the knowledge that his daughter could fend for herself.

Cynical, hell. I'm a healthy old man with a constitutional mistrust of paternalism and government in large doses.

If you did not want much, there was plenty. Keeping a nigger happy these days is like catering to a king. In New York you are your own person. You may reach out and embrace all of Manhattan in sweet aloneness, or you can go to hell if you want to.

She said she was going to leave this world beholden to nothing and nobody.

She died beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew. - Atticus Finch

The only thing in America that is still unique in this tired world is that a man can go as far as his brains will take him or he can go to hell if he wants to

It ain't honest but it's mighty helpful to folks...but you see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that's the way I want to live.

The only thing in America that is still unique in this tired world is that a man can go as far as his brains will take him or he can go to hell if he wants to, but it won't be that way much longer.

In this world, there are things you can only do alone, and things you can only do with somebody else. It's important to combine the two in just the right amount.

In a sense, I'm the one who ruined me: I did it myself.

I've always done whatever I felt like doing in life. People may try to stop me, and convince me I'm wrong, but I won't change.