Quotes About Self-reliance

I want people to see that you don't need to rely on other people to make your dreams happen: you have to grab them yourself.

No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is one dance you'll do alone.

Follow your own passion - not your parents', not your teachers' - yours.

I know who I am. I don't have to brag. I know what I contributed. I know what I did. You think you can do it better? Hey, go right ahead. The stage is yours.

My family taught me something: I don't ask. What's yours, you do not ask for.

In this game you can waste a lot of energy wondering about other people's opinions when the one that actually counts is yours. Because that's your job, to lead and to manage.

Whoever wants to be caught up in my life, first of all, you should be living yours because I'm damn sure not worried about your life.

There are ups and downs, but whatever happens, you have to trust and believe in yourself.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.

Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got to keep going.

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.

Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do... but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.

Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself.

There is absolutely no one, apart from yourself, who can prevent you, in the middle of the night, from sneaking down to tidy up the edges of that hunk of cheese at the back of the fridge.

Don't let others define you. You define yourself.

When you're doing good, everybody praises you. But when everything's all gone, a lot of people are nowhere to be found. So you always just believe in yourself, do it yourself and you won't be let down.

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

I just want to say, don't be afraid, believe in yourself, whatever comes your way you have to experience it to really know what that is. So if you have too much fear inside you may let go of certain opportunities or chances, so trust in yourself and stick with it.

Through life's ups and downs, and the few mistakes we make and all the successes that we get, let nobody - nobody's opinion - define who you are. And if anybody defines who you are, let it be yourself.

The American Dream is independence and being able to create that dream for yourself.

If you think you can do better, then do better. Don't compete with anyone; just yourself.

When you grow up a fatherless son, in many ways you have to raise yourself. No one tells you what looks good on you, how to carry yourself, or provides the approval. Without a father, you grow up never knowing what you didn't have. There is no intimate model of who you want to become, so it's as if you're always guessing.

You gotta have confidence in yourself first before anybody else will. I've always had that.