Quotes About Self-reliance

You can only trust yourself... and barely that.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you can get rid of him on weekends.

Capricorn: "If you don't like me, that's your problem not mine."

You can find inspiration from others but determination is solely your responsibility.

We build our temples for tomorrow, strong as we know how, and we stand on top of the mountain, free within ourselves.

If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill.

Do not fall before you are pushed.

The best helping hand you will ever find is at the end of your own arm.

He who burns his bridges better be a darn good swimmer.

You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.

Split your own wood, and it will warm you twice.

It takes nothing to join the crowd. It takes everything to stand alone.

No one help you in our difficult times. Nowadays remember that we should start learning how to fight alone.

Associate with noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty. But learn to be happy alone. Rely upon your own energies, and so not wait for, or depend on other people.

The woman who does not require validation from anyone is the most feared individual on the planet.

Never let your inferiors do you a favor - it will be extremely costly.

I only have one desire, the ultimate desire is to make our country completely independent, our people completely free, all compatriots have food to eat, clothes to wear, anyone can study.

I really hate the implication that just because I'm small and female, I can't take care of myself.

I've always felt it was not up to anyone else to make me give my best.

Don't just survive while waiting for someone's revolution to clear your head.

A free man can live on fish.Independence is better than meat

Concluzia trista la care ajunsesem in viata era ca fericirea nu vine de la ceilalti oameni, ci din a sta cat mai departe de ei.

Do you fear the force of the wind, The slash of the rain? Go face them and fight them, Be savage again. Go hungry and cold like the wolf, Go wade like the crane: The palms of your hands will thicken, The skin of your cheek will tan, You'll grow ragged and weary and swarthy, But you'll walk like a man!

All my own making," Estelle said. "Oh, of course, sister held the nails and bossed, but I did it. I like it, too. It's more fun than working red poppies on tidies—that's about all they'll let you do back East." "It doesn't matter much what you do out here," said Rivers, meaningly. "Oh yes, it does. Some things are wrong anywhere; but there are other things which people think are wrong that are only unusual," she answered, and he knew she knew what he meant.