Quotes About Self-reliance

If taxpayers want to keep more of the money they earn, they must also work to become less dependent on a government check. We look to government too often and to ourselves not enough.

Gina always believed there was magic in the world. "But it doesn't work in the way it does in fairy tales," she told me. "It doesn't save us. We have to save ourselves.

I need to not be scared of not having someone there to back me up. I just need to tackle things on my own. I feel like I have the power in me to make it work.

I've been out of work so many times in my life that relying too much on just one job is terrifying.

I would continue to do the things that I do. I'd get into the field and work, and be an example to other people that you can't rely on the government to be the answer to everything.

I have always been a firm believer in working hard for what is right and for making your own breaks if you want things to change.

I've worked hard, every single day since I left school. I think I have a Protestant work ethic.

Life isn't about a hand-out. That's not what the NFL is about and that won't get you in the NFL or take care of you once you're out of the NFL. You have to work.

I don't get handed money - and I never will. I have to work!

Never work for money or power, be honest, don't feel entitled to anything you don't sweat and struggle for, [and] always finish what you start.

Ask God's blessings on your work but don't ask Him to do it for you.

It's necessary for you to work out a way of living that's very strong and very tight and very powerful, otherwise you will not be able to deal with the unknown.

Young women who I think do the best job of balancing family life and a big career start businesses or work for themselves. That's the best way of being in charge of your life.

I usually don't work with other people; I do the whole show myself.

I don't believe in sharing my money. If I go out and work my nuts off and make some money, I don't feel that I should have to share it with my community.

You have to do your own work; Enlightened Ones will only show the way. Those who practise meditation will free themselves from the chains of death

Anyone who is going to make anything out of history will, sooner or later, have to do most of the work himself. He will have to read, and consider, and reconsider, and then read some more.

We want to encourage those who are able to work, no question.

I had to work from a young age.

Work is a great thing. This is something my father taught me. He didn't want me to grow up to be somebody's wife.

People waste more time waiting for someone to take charge of their lives than they do in any other pursuit.

I do less waiting by the phone than anyone I know in the business. I don't wait for a job. I just go on to my own work.

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

I spend a lot of time alone so I get a lot done. I don't do much else but work, check things out.