Quotes About Self-reliance

no trainer or coach or expert can make you good or great or unstoppable if you're not going to do the work,

those who have found unparalleled success by trusting their own instincts to get to where they want to be.

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

You tell 'em, love. That's what we do to the boys who kick us outta the nest.

She's still smiling her little smile, and it strikes me that, actually, she is drunk, not on alcohol, but on her St. Louis hopes and dreams. I wouldn't sober her up for anything, but she doesn't need me anymore. She can hang on to her dreams by herself now.

He was free and unencumbered. Which is to say alone and unemployed.

The car gave her real independence.

Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it. —MALCOLM X, Malcolm X Speaks

No one owes you anything.

Self-sufficiency is another word for poverty." Matt Ridley TW: @

You don't need more recipes. You need to learn to cook without them.

YOU TOOK YOUR SHOT." Instantly I felt free and in control. I knew from then on that I could have the courage to fail on my own terms. From that moment, I decided that if I was going to succeed or fail, it was going to be up to me. I was changed forever.

Ask for Forgiveness, Not Permission.

Qué pondrías en una valla publicitaria? «Nadie te debe nada.»

I took the shot." It was invigorating, even exciting. "Hey, when all the chips were on the line, you didn't leave your future up to others, YOU TOOK YOUR SHOT." Instantly I felt free and in control.

When I articulated that I didn't care anymore about what anybody thought about what I did except me, all the weight of the world came off my shoulders, and everything became possible. It shifted to everybody else [being] worried. Now they're worried. But everything for me, it shifted to a place where I felt free.

Create slack, as no one will give it to you.

Think for yourself while being radically open-minded." Ray Dalio

Rissa Kerguelen by F. M. Busby.

Feel free to lift together, but fail alone.

si te reporta mucho, si te permite actuar con autonomía, si

Swaraj, a term usually associated with Mahatma Gandhi, can be translated as "self-rule." Think of it as charting your own path.

Don't overestimate the world and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think. And you are not alone.

My first job. Ah, the memories. I'm hired for minimum wage as the cleaner at an ice cream parlor and quickly realize that the big boss's methods duplicate effort. I do it my way, finish in one hour instead of eight, and spend the rest of the time reading kung-fu magazines and practicing karate kicks outside. I am fired in a record three days, left with the parting comment, "Maybe someday you'll understand the value of hard work." It seems I still don't.