Quotes About Self-reliance

beleive in yourself and the world will be at your feet

How often does a man ruin his disciples by remaining always with them! When men are once trained, it is essential that their leader leave them, for without his absence they cannot develop themselves. Plants always remain small under a big tree.

Liberty is the first condition of growth. It is wrong, a thousand times wrong, if any of you dares to say, 'I will work out the salvation of this woman or child.

If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished.

Stand alone! See the glory of your own soul, and see that you will have to work.

Above all, beware of compromises. I do not mean that you are to get into antagonism with anybody, but you have to hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others' "fads" through the greed of getting supporters. Your Atman is the support of the universe—whose support do you stand in need of?

We are like the caterpillar which takes the thread out of his own body and of that makes the cocoon, and behold, he is caught.

The natural ambition of woman is through marriage to climb up, leaning upon a man; but those days are gone. You shall be great without the help of any man, just as you are.

What I wanted to do and what I needed to do was something entirely different, and through reading Roussel I learned that I could do what I wanted all on my own and that I didn't have to rely on what had actually happened in my somewhat limited life and reading.

I've always been somewhat of a loner. I seem to take more alone time that the average person.

I'm afraid that I'm either going to have to write myself something or direct something if I'm going to get somewhere.

It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'

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

No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.

People started recording my songs. Later, I was offered songwriter contracts. And then, finally, I could take the time to work on my own project. I worked hard for this all by myself.

I'm a songwriter and producer, so I'm always wanting to make my own stuff, and not use anybody else's.

I was the oldest male in the house from when I was a sophomore in high school, so I definitely had to grow up a lot quicker.

No one will ever feel sorry for me.

I've been through so much in my life. I really don't like the feeling sorry for me, the pity.

I feel like I was born and bred to stay self-motivated. I'm not one of those people who ho-hums and feels sorry for himself when something's bad.

I don't want anybody to feel sorry for me.

I knew what I didn't want. I didn't want people to feel sorry for me. I didn't want people to see me as disabled. I wanted to live a life of adventure and stories.

I'm not asking people to feel sorry for me.

As a stuntwoman, I never wanted anyone to ever feel afraid for me. I didn't want anyone to ever feel sorry for me.