Quotes About Self-reliance

Worry about the things you can control; the rest will either work themselves out, or they'll kill you. Either way, no more worries.

Do thine own work, and know thyself.

No one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to.

I didn't want to work at Pizza Hut and I didn't want to join the Army. So I just decided to go out and be awesome.

I once worked as a salesman and was very independent. I took orders from no one.

I try really hard to give my kids as much independence as I can, caring mostly about their character: Are they kind? Generous? Do they work hard?

Freedom is the core of all human progress. It believes that nothing's given to us, but if you're willing to work hard. If you're willing to compete, the American dream is there for you.

It's time for all Americans to get off of welfare and get back to work. You're going to love it!

I need to work outside government, on my own.

Each man must work for himself, and unless he so works, no outside help can avail him.

I work hard and support myself.

I had a paper round and every night I would put the dinner on before Mum came home from work. I was capable because I had to be.

I ain't got a job cause I ain't got a car, so I'm looking for a girl with a job and a car.

I have the incredibly good fortune of being able to make the majority of the work I produce in the world on my own with no one bothering me. It really comes entirely out of me.

I don't want to get married, and I don't want to work after I'm 30, so I must manage my fortune somehow in the next seven years.

No one can help you if you're stuck in a work. Only you can figure a way out, because only you can see the work's possibilities.

I like my work to stand on its own as much as possible.

When I was 15, I worked at a dry cleaner because I wanted Abercrombie Fitch jeans. My mom told me I could have $20 jeans, not $70 jeans, unless I was willing to work for them. So I did!

If a dedication page were to precede the total of my work, it would read: To the glory of Man.

Never ask people about your work.

I dont work with collectives. I don't consult, i don't co-operate, I don't collaborate.

For me, my training is a key part of my work as so often my life has depended on being able to move fast and haul myself up and out of something fast!

I began to realize that poverty was really more of a choice than anything else and that I could change that. And it just really depended on how hard I wanted to work.

I work to take care of my family, not the other way around.