Quotes About Self-reliance

I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.

You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.

Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice

If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.

Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian.

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.

Business is never as healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching for what it gets.

Let every American become steeled against coddling. Americans ought to resent coddling. It is a drug. Stand up and stand out; let weaklings take charity.

I ask no one who may read this book to accept my views. I ask him to think for himself.

Everything we get, outside of the free gifts of nature, must in some way be paid for. The world is full of so- called economists who in turn are full of schemes for getting something for nothing. They tell us that the government can spend and spend without taxing at all; that it can continue to pile up debt without ever paying it off, because "we owe it to ourselves.

If your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.

The typical American of today has lost all the love of liberty, that his forefathers had, and all their disgust of emotion, and pride in self- reliance. He is led no longer by Davy Crocketts he is led by cheer leaders, press agents, word mongers, uplifters.

A man of good will with a little effort and belief in his own powers can enjoy a deep, tranquil, rich life — provided he go his own way.... To live one's own life is still the best way of life, always was, and always will be.

I made up my mind that I would hold on to nothing, that I would expect nothing, that henceforth I would live as an animal, a beast of prey, a rover, a plunderer.

A man of good will with a little effort and belief in his own powers can enjoy a deep, tranquil, rich life -- provided he go his own way. He need not and should not think of making a good living, but rather of creating a good life for himself. To live one's own life is still the best way of life, always was, and always will be.

I need to do things on my own, need to be left alone.

Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own

I do my best to limit the amount of compromise in my life so I have more time to do what I want. Not hanging out with many people really helps. I am not a people person and I spend a great deal of time on my own and in this environment, I get a lot done.

Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but i feel more lonely in a crowded room with boring people then i feel on my owm.

I'm so burned out, the only person I can stand is myself. I'm the only one I would put through this. Wheels and wings, The ride is everything. I'm all I've got. I'm all I can take. Another day has destroyed a part of me. So far so good.

I'm not close to people, I am close to myself. I spend a lot of time inside.

I learned that you can get away with a lot of shit if you just do it like it's all you knew how to do.

Sometimes a friend isn't a friend. Sometimes a friend is a bad thing waiting to happen. You need to get some time to yourself. When you feel the need to bolt—bolt. Most of this shit you work out on your own anyway. You know what I'm talking about.