Quotes About Self-reliance

Nadie puede salvarte sino tú mismo y mereces salvarte. No es una guerra fácil de ganar. pero si algo merece la pena ganar es esto

Tus padres no te dan mucho cariño, ¿verdad? -No me hace falta - dije. -Henry, todo el mundo necesita cariño. -Yo no necesito nada.

You must have an education! he told the boy. Your knowledge is the only protection you have in this world! Fill your head now to fill your belly later!

Man minus the machine is a slave," proclaimed Henry Ford, touting his new tractor. "Man plus the machine is a free man.

Why can't "They say" let every body settle their own affairs?

But Luce takes the attitude, when you start fretting the day-by- day you lose track of the long view. And the long view is, they need to learn to speak for themselves and do the best they can. For now, if they bag their own lunch and it's pickles and prunes and they say the words, all you do is put both thumbs up and say, Good job.

As long as you expect someone or something else to take responsibility for you, you're a child.

But the de-emphasized had the temerity to try to look after themselves in ways that resisted monetization. Their

I didn't come here to make friends.

Never run after a man or a bus, there's always another one in five minutes.

Eneke the bird was asked why he was always on the wing and he replied: 'Men have learnt to shoot without missing their mark and I have learnt to fly without perching on a twig.'

I felt so bad I did not need any further comfort for myself.

I wouldn't put myself under the democratic dictatorship even of angels and archangels.

I can not live on the bank of a river and wash my hands with spittle.

H]e developed a private philosophy of total self-reliance, an unyielding internal sufficiency that requires no external support from others.

wait for a man to avenge your honor, and you'll wait forever.

But if you are a person who needs no one's approval, you are probably crazy and live alone on an island or the top of a mountain somewhere.

Some people refuse to accept the limits given to them by others.

My whole life I've been the one to look myself in the mirror whenever everyone else is doubting me. I'm the one that had the most confidence in myself and I always betted on myself, and it's worked out for me each and every time.

I'm not going to see anybody else in the mirror. That's how I live, day by day. When I look in the mirror, it's up to me to accomplish everything I want out of life.

My mother's incredibly independent and she brought us up to be the same. She had five daughters and two sons and only allowed one mirror in the house because she didn't want us to be obsessed with our looks or weight.

You can't let people control your feelings, or you'll live a pretty miserable life trying to change them.

Our dad taught us not to be a loafer and a slough-off, that you don't blame somebody else for your misfortunes.

I never had a father figure so I never missed it.