Quotes About Self-reliance

I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.

If I want something, I go get it. Anything that I believe will stop me, I question.

Don't help the young too much — it will just weaken them and they'll resent it, and finally start avoiding you.

Judge me all you want, just keep the verdict to yourself.

I decided to make the life I want, and put energy into what moves me, and not rely on anyone for approval of my choices.

Upon my eighteenth birthday I was given three choices: 1. Join the church, and live at home. 2. Move out and live on my own. 3. Move into the single men's home.

17He did all this so you would never say to yourself, 'I have achieved this wealth with my own strength and energy.

Though most students in those days read with an accomplished attorney in his office, Lincoln taught himself entirely on his own.

in Jeffrey S. Cramer. Walden: A fully annotated edition. Yale University Press: New Haven, 2004

Abandon all supports," says Krishna to Arjuna in one of his great final teachings. "Cast off your dependency on everything external, Arjuna, and rely on the Self alone." We work first because we have to work. Then because we want to work. Then because we love to work. Then the work simply does us. Difficult at the beginning. Inevitable at the end.

Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems.

I've narrowed it down to nobody

You are who you are when nobody's watching.

Stop feeling sorry for yourself and you will be happy.

When there are no more frontiers you make your own

No matter your background, race, or circumstances, the Real You is perfect, and you must come to realize that, learn to love yourself, and understand that you do not need anything beyond yourself to be content. As you will see, you are All-That-Is. Nothing actually exists beyond yourself.

El liberalismo político y económico depende de la confianza en que los individuos pueden manejar sus propias vidas. Se les da poder político y libertad económica sólo en la medida en que se piensa que son capaces de usarlos sabiamente.

have the Holy Spirit. I have the Spirit's wonderful work of illumination. I don't need commentaries; I don't need to rely on the thoughts of others. I can go right to the source. To that objection, Spurgeon replied, "It seems odd, that certain men who talk so much of what the Holy Spirit reveals to themselves, should

Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman's got to hold on to.

Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman's got to hold on to.

Because she competes with no one, no one can compete with her.

Ultimately, the only techniques that can help us are those we invent ourselves.

You must become the master of your life, not its slave.