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Quotes About Self-reliance

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
~ Sallust
You can enjoy encouragement coming from outside, but you cannot need for it to come from outside.
~ Vladimir Zworykin
I am somebody. I am me. I like being me. And I need nobody to make me somebody.
~ Louis L'Amour
Dont cross the stream to find water.
~ Norwegian proverb
The best bet is to bet on yourself.
~ Arnold Glasow
He who would be well taken care of must take care of himself.
~ William Graham Sumner
The thing women have got to learn is that nobody gives you power. You just take it.
~ Roseanne Barr
The woman who can create her own job is the one who will win fame and fortune.
~ Amelia Earhart
Your future depends on many things, but mostly on you.
~ Frank Tyger
Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.
~ Isaac Asimov
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to be self-sufficient.
~ Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
I don't need anyone to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we will ever have is the one with ourselves.
~ Shirley MacLaine
The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they could and should do themselves.
~ Abraham Lincoln
We pay too little attention to the reserve power of the people to take care of themselves. We are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the government has superior capacity for action. Often times both of these conclusions are wrong.
~ Calvin Coolidge
Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie.
~ William Shakespeare
What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. Your answers lie inside of you.
~ Denis Waitley
Be sure of yourself, don't let anyone bully you, be a strong and independent woman or boy.
~ Nicole Polizzi
When people believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
~ Norman Vincent Peale
What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.
~ Confucius
Optimists believe that their own actions result in positive things happening, that they are responsible for their own happiness, and that they can expect more good things to happen in the future. It deals with pain and hardship better than their pessimistic counterparts.
~ Unknown
I'm not afraid of storms for I'm learning how to sail my ship.
~ Louisa May Alcott
The best thing you can wear is self confidence.
~ Unknown
I would love to see the day when everbody learn to worry about themself and not other people.
~ Unknown
They can't conspect you for anything! You taste that? That's freedom!
~ Unknown