Quotes About Self-reliance

One who leans on others cannot serve the God of Truth.

The reason I talk to myself is because I'm the only one whose answers I accept.

It's time to stop following the yellow brick road, use your God given brain, and quit chasing rainbows, because the truth is life's hard, but can be oh so sweet when you choose to own it.

Live like you want, not how others want you to live.

Stop giving people the power to control your smile, your worth, your attitude and your day. Don't give anyone that much power over your life.

Be your own Guru.

Dukowski replied. "The easy solution isn't a solution, it's the fucking problem. It's too easy to have someone tell you what to do. It is harder to make your own decision. We put a certain amount of trust into the people that come to see us.

We do want to provide a physical and emotional release, but we also want to create an atmosphere where people are encouraged to think for themselves rather than accept what they've been told.

We never had a manager. We never had a booking agent. We never had a lawyer. We booked our own tours, paid our own bills, made our own mistakes and never had anybody shield us from either the truth or the consequences.

I MUST CREATE A SYSTEM OR BE ENSLAVED BY ANOTHER MAN'S." —WILLIAM BLAKE

Sometimes the Minutemen got grief for being their own road crew. "But I never thought that you should play up to 'the princeling,' " says Watt, referring to the prototypical pampered rock star. "So what if nobody sees you playing the fuckin' hero or the star. I never fancied myself like that.

Try to find a little more entertainment from your own resources.' As opposed to going out and buying it.

Someone once told me his idea for surviving a crash of civilization was to be a lone wolf, heading for the hills, with his rifle and knife, living off the land. Nowadays, I'm more interested in staying behind and helping others, he said, like after Hurricane Katrina. Coming together and rebuilding something that can last. How about BEFORE a disaster? I asked. Even better.

There was nothing a man couldn't do with three thousand dollars and a suitcase full of canned tuna fish and pregnancy brassieres. The car was called an El Camino for a reason. (Telegraph Avenue, p399)

He had lived alone most of his life. He was used to places that were empty. He knew the real shelter of a home was inside yourself.

She said the problem was he could not drop his guard completely and he knew this was true. Bosch had spent a lifetime alone, but not necessarily lonely.

In the darkened trailer, Kelly was frightened, but she was reassured at the no-nonsense way Sarah talked about weapons. And Kelly was beginning to see that Sarah didn't let anything stop her, she just went and did it. This whole attitude of not letting other people stop you, of believing that you could do what you wanted, was something she found herself imitating.

She had discovered long ago that you could use a computer without understanding how it worked. Just as you could use an automobile, vacuum cleaner - or your own brain.

And Kelly was beginning to see that Sarah didn't let anything stop her, she just went and did it. This whole attitude of not letting other people stop you, of believing that you could do what you wanted, was something she found herself imitating.

we lose the ability to make our own products, we lose control over our destiny. It's that simple.

We stand out, we strike out, we do our own thing, go our own way. The herd of independent minds, somebody called it.

If your business depends on you, you don't own a business—you have a job.

Don't you see? If your business depends on you, you don't own a business—you have a job.

He felt very lonely, yet there was a kind of pride in his loneliness.