Quotes About Self-reliance

On the occasion of every accident that befalls you, remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power you have for turning it to use.

Autonomy and a sense of independence are the core capacities that have failed to develop fully in those who exhibit this survival style.

Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push and you push alone.

My name is Lake Suck and this is my manifesto. I swear to be myself. To think for myself. I will not be led by social conventions. I will make my own way through the world. I will live on my own terms without conforming to society's expectations of who they think I should be, I will be the visible minority. By being myself, I will help to save the world. I swear to always look, listen, learn, think, ask, act, and speak for myself.

How come it's so hard to come to someone's rescue? How come it's so hard to come to your own rescue?

How he'd asked for a telescope for his fourteenth birthday and received a clock radio instead; how he'd saved his allowance and bought himself one. How, sometimes, at dinner, Nath never said a word about his day, because their parents never asked.

From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.

It is stupid to grieve for the loss of a girl friend: you might never have met her, so you can do without her.

Voleva stare sola, voleva isolarsi dal baccano; e nel suo ambiente non si può star soli, non si può far da soli se non levandosi di mezzo.

However, nobody is going to do it for you. You have to begin by yourself, so maybe you should be startled. You should be shocked when you realize that you have been trapped and imprisoned, because then you might do something about it. You have been too naive. You have enjoyed your samsaric life too much. You should have been shocked a long time ago!

There is a very dangerous tendency to lean on one another as we tread the path. If a group of people leans one upon the other, then if one should happen to fall down, everyone falls down. So we do not lean on anyone else. We just walk with each other, side by side, shoulder to shoulder.

a big company makes a wonderful place to go and semiretire for a while if you're burned out. But if you're striving to be remarkable (which you are!), a big company is a hard place to get into the right groove in the same way that a bakery is a bad place to go to try to work off your love handles. The solution? Go independent!

but I am the sort of person who does not seem to need the day-to-day emotional support provided by normal civilized social contact.

One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.

citizen was someone seen by others in the community as independent, self-reliant, and capable of contributing to "the harmony, well-being, and prosperity of the community" either because of property ownership, the capability to grow or build or make things, or the ability to direct others to do so.

My gran had always told me that a woman--any woman worth her salt--could do whatever she had to.

Clear your mind of all dread and suspicion; this is the first step in the wilderness life. Think not the water will drown you, or that anything in the water or on land will bite or poison you. Have confidence in nature and yourself. Perhaps three-fourths of your physical failures are due to lack of nerve and will-power. It

Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny.

I don't care what people think, people are stupid

Gainfully unemployed, very proud of it, too.

But back then we had to amuse ourselves, and fighting seemed to be all we had. Looking back, it was good for us. You got a lot out of your system. And you learned a lot. And then when our country needed soldiers we were in shape. We already had a mental toughness. I graduated from the eighth grade

Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and eight times out of nine I'll show you a man with detestable spiritual qualities.

I wasn't a misanthrope and I wasn't a misogynist but I liked being alone. It felt good to sit alone in a small space and smoke and drink. I had always been good company for myself.

Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and 8 times out of 9 I'll show you a man with detestable spiritual qualities.