Quotes About Self-reliance

Do not tell them how to do it. Show them how to do it and do not say a word. If you tell them, they will watch your lips move. If you show them, they will want to do it themselves.

The blacks are tired of standing at the touchlines to witness a game that they should be playing. They want to do things for themselves and all by themselves.

Don't wait for the stars to align, reach up and rearrange them the way you want...create your own constellation

If people want to think I get drunk and stay out all night, let'em. That's how I got here, you know.

What other people do shouldn't affect you - we do things because of the kind of person we each want to be

One wants permissive individuals who do not have a compelling need to reassure themselves that they are leaders.

It is only when a person has his own generator that we can talk about motivation. He then needs no outside stimulation. He wants to do it.

No matter how hard life is, you are your own architecture. If you give up then there's no one that can help you, but if you want to keep building your future, then no one can stop you either.

I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be let alone!' There is all the difference.

What if I don't want a leader? Where does that vote go? I do good on my own. I don't want to be led.

I don't do what you people want. I Do What I Want!

I've always been my own person. I don't do what people want me to do. Like, if you want me to do that, I'm going to do the complete opposite.

You can rise above it. This country gives you opportunity if you want to take it, so don't blame your environment. I look down on people who use their environment as a crutch.

If you want something done right, do it yourself.

Focus on yourself -- do what you want, when you want, without having to consider anyone else's agenda.

Other people can talk about how to expand the destiny of mankind. I just want to talk about how to fix a motorcycle. I think that what I have to say has more lasting value.

Rules are invented for lazy people who don't want to think for themselves.

Do what you want as long as its paying off for you. But once its become a liability, then something is wrong and you better find out what it is.

Tell no one the secret that you want to keep, although he may be worthy of confidence; for no one will be so careful of your secret as yourself.

We don't have a monopoly. Anyone who wants to dig a well without a Hughes bit can always use a pick and shovel.

The biggest superpower you can have is the ability to change your own life. It's in your hands, and if you believe that you can get the power you want, you can do whatever you wish to do.

It's important to realize that whenever you give power to politicians or bureaucrats, it will be used for what they want, not for what you want.

You come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It's made me want to live a life slightly less ordinary.

My mom taught me a lot. A lot about minding your own business and leaving other people's business alone. And let them think what they want.