Quotes About Self-reliance

I honestly keep to myself often and I keep my circle small.

The armed citizen made America free, and the armed citizen will keep America free!

If you claim something, you can own it.

I hope that people understand that with education, we can be our own superhero.

I would want people to be their own superheroes, save their own days, know that nobody else is gonna do it for you. You have to pick yourself up out of your dark moment; you gotta be your own source of light, just like I was for me.

These days it takes a child nearly 20 years to find out that Superman, Batman will not come to his or her rescue.

Actually going to the supermarket to get my own groceries was a revelation. I'd never had to fill the fridge before, do my laundry, put petrol in my car. It was scary - but there was a kind of joy about it, too.

I have few friends. I can count them on one hand. I go by myself to the cleaners and the supermarket and I live alone with my dogs.

Harmonious relations with a superpower like America should be a priority, but it does not mean that one should start begging from it.

I never had any Godfather nor superstar boyfriends to piggy ride upon in the film industry.

I will never get married to the head of General Motors. I will never be the wife of a superstar. For those women, their lives are somebody else's... I will never be a 'Mrs. Blabidyblah!'

I don't know how to pray and don't believe in any superstitions, but my belief in myself is very strong.

Superstition's not for me. And I'm not much for medicine either. I know my mind and my body better than anyone else.

I don't need adult supervision.

I believe in singing for my supper. I'll never accept a grant because what I do should be able to be founded purely on free enterprise.

The Negroes are facing the alternative of rising in the sphere of production to supply their proportion of the manufacturers and merchants or of going down to the graves of paupers.

I want to create my own living space and grow my own food instead of paying someone to supply those for me.

The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.

He who can not support himself, can not take his own decision.

The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.

When we find comfort in knowing that all the love and support we need is housed inside us, we can honestly share that joy with others without needing anything in return.

I need to work to support myself and my kids. No one pays for my support.

The only method by which people can be supported is out of the effort of those who are earning their own way. We must not create a deterrent to hard work.

I've always supported myself. I like the sense of knowing exactly where I stand financially, but there is a side of me that longs for a knight in shining armor.