Quotes About Self-reliance

One must not forget that recovery is brought about not by the physician, but by the sick man himself. He heals himself, by his own power, exactly as he walks by means of his own power, or eats, or thinks, breathes or sleeps.

Every man is the architect of his own fortunes, but the neighbors superintend the construction.

If you have to be burned at the stake, be a good fellow and collect your own fire-wood.

To insure peace of mind ignore the rules and regulations.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

I learned… to fear God, and to take my own part.

I do this real moron thing, and it's called thinking. And apparently I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions.

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

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

Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Light gains make heavy purses.

Who to himself is law no law doth need,Offends no law, and is a king indeed.

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do without it.

I just know when I quit looking to other people for directions, I found my own map.

We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it.

You seem to be under the impression that I work for you and you can give me orders. Let me fix that." I hung up.

Jack sheathed his knife, tied the dressed hare to a stick, and slung it over his shoulder. It wouldn't do for the meat to touch his school uniform. Might make the kill dirty.

Just saying, you have to pull your own weight. A hot body and flirting will only get you so far.

My lords! I'm not a castle. You don't have to storm me.

You're right. I have no idea what it's like to take shit from people I could kill with my eyes closed.

People must make their own choices, no matter how wrong those choices are. Otherwise they can't be free.

We worked very hard to move out of House Rogan's shadow and I won't trade that independence for an easy paycheck.

Have the courage to use your own reason- That is the motto of enlightenment.

Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed immaturity. Immaturity is the inability to use one's understanding without guidance from another.

If I have a book that thinks for me, a pastor who acts as my conscience, a physician who prescribes my diet, and so on... then I have no need to exert myself. I have no need to think, if only I can pay; others will take care of that disagreeable business for me.