Quotes About Self-reliance

A man must find his occasions in himself, it is true. The natural day is very calm, and will hardly reprove his indolence.

Shall a man go and hang himself because he belongs to the race of pygmies, and not be the biggest pygmie that he can? Let everyone mind his own business, and endeavor to be what he was made

But perhaps a man is not required to bury himself.

There is no man can take, there is no pool can slake, ultimately I am alone; ultimately I am done.

He that finds out he's changed his lot for worse, Let him betimes the untoward choice reverse: For still, when all is said, the rule stands fast, That each man's shoe be made on his own last.

Every man should measure himself by his own standard. [Lat., Metiri se quemque suo modulo ac pede verum est.]

An I must drink sour ale, I must, but never have I yielded me to man before, and that without wound or mark upon my body. Nor, when I bethink me, will I yield now.

I'm quite an independent person, and I had to be. As a boy and growing into a young man I had to look out for myself. And now I'm very family-oriented. It's a big priority in my life.

I'd never kill myself for a man. I wouldn't do it for anybody.

I share no man's opinions; I have my own.

Cursing herself, she said, "I'm going to man up here. I'm going to so be twenty-one. You're not going to believe how tight in the head I'm going to be. Really. For real.

Charles, mate, you fret too much. I'm a grown man, I am, and I can blood my handle." "Handle your blood?" Bones offered dryly. Ian grinned. "Exactly.

I am my own man. I governed as a conservative, and I govern effectively.

We shall never be content until each man makes his own weather and keeps it to himself.

Men exist because a vibrator can't fix a flat tire. On second thought, I should just buy a AAA card.

A man must walk only his own path...Never another's or his feet will grow tired and sore. And he will feel lost even when he arrives.

Man is emphatically self-made.

Praie and shifte eche one for him selfe, as he can.Euery man for him selfe, and god for us all.

My department is not too big for one man, because I'm Superman.

We heed no instincts but our own.

My mom raised me to never have anything control me.

Once my mom passed away, I have nobody to answer to. It's great.

My main goal was to not tell my mom anything or anyone anything. Even within our family, we like to do it ourselves, we like to be our own boss, and we don't like asking for help.

The best lesson my mom taught me was how to be scrappy.