Quotes About Self-reliance

Generation Z, they cleaned up their own mess.

Government does best when it helps people help themselves. Human dignity is found not in a handout but in being able to do for one's self.

Fear no one nor kneel before themFor many seek to be your god and masterAnd you sacrificial lamb in their fevered plansAnd insane ambitionsKhoiSan Book of Wisdom

You must be a light unto yourself.

Don't start a fight if you can't duke it out. Either win or concede but whatever you do, don't have others fight for you.

To wisely live your life, you don't need to know much Just rememeber two main rules for the beginning: You better starve, than eat whatever And better be alone, than with whoever.

Be aware of your own worth, use all of your power to achieve it. Create an ocean from a dewdrop. Do not beg for light from the moon, obtain it from the spark within you.

Do not sleep under a roof. Carry no money or food. Go alone to places frightening to the common brand of men. Become a criminal of purpose. Be put in jail, and extricate yourself by your own wisdom.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.

The beginning of political wisdom is the realization that despite everything you've always been taught, the government is not really on your side; indeed, it is out to get you.

Them that's got shall get, Them that's not shall lose. So the Bible says, And it still is news. Mama may have, Papa may have, But God bless the child that's got his own.

Now you are beginning to think for yourself instead of letting others think for you. That's the beginning of wisdom.

Maturity is having the courage to use one's own intelligence!

Why should we pay so much attention to what the majority thinks?

Freedom always carries a burden of proof, always throws us back on ourselves.

Wisdom holds a candle to experience, but you've got to take the candle and walk alone.

Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.

There is no one who can give you wiser advice than you can give yourself: you will never make a slip, if you listen to your own heart.

Self trust is the essence of heroism.

Avoid the crowd, avoid mass audiences, keep your own counsel, which is the counsel of philosophy of wisdom you can acquire and make your own.

My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves.

It is foolish to try to imitate the skills of others.

I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!