Quotes About Self-reliance

I grew up in a household where we didn't really talk about our feelings, and where the only reason you went to a doctor was because you'd accidentally cut off a limb with a chain saw.

Listen," she said. "I may not be what you want right now, but I'm all you've got.

I had not asked to be rescued, true, but that did not mean I didn't need saving.

Eric understands that the world is rarely the way it is supposed to be. And he knows that, given the chance, we don't have to wait for someone to make messes of our lives. We do a good enough job, ourselves.

Saying of the ProphetFoodNobody has eaten better food than that won by his own labour.

Our young men and women must be taught that through hard work, they can create opportunities for themselves and others.

People should not expect to eat if they did not work.

A sure way to start your own business is to stay out of everyone else's.

Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice.

If a man will not work he shall not eat.

When I die my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills.

Work is its own cure. You have to like it better than being loved.

I was a team sports guy, but I don't do that anymore. When I work out, it's alone.

Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.

I've always had an enormous sense of independence. But I know that sometimes I can be too independent. It is important to be able to share your life - so that is a work in progress for me.

If I end up having a novel that sells really well and that allows me to pay for health insurance and mortgage without having to work at a day job, that would be great.

Life is composed of different inventions. I have continued to work at different things and rebuilt my home all by myself. I did it for the sake of satisfaction at doing something.

Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and in that work does what he wants to do.

When I stopped playing hockey and started acting, the last person I was going to ask for help was my dad. He's the king of being like, 'I don't know. It's good work if you can get it. Good luck.'

Don't be a king waiting on a queen.Be a king busy with his kingdom until his queen arrives.

When you stumble, pick yourself up! Never wait for someone to pick and get you back to life. After all, you were born alone, single and strong. Remember that

Gratitude comes naturally when you take so much responsibility that you expect nothing except what you've earned through hard, intelligent work and always see where you can improve.

A girl's gotta do, what a girl's gotta do...too bad she's gotta do it with someone new.

The moment someone tells you that you're not good enough, is the moment you know you're better off than they are, and better off without them.