Quotes About Self-reliance

Obstacles can't stop you. Problems can't stop you. Most of all, other people can't stop you. Only you can stop you.

If you're waiting for someone to believe in you, you'll be waiting forever. You must believe in yourself.

I have two doctors, my left leg and my right.

I refused to be a fool dancing on a string held by all of those big shots. I don't apologise, that's my life

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

If you depend on your company to take care of your retirement, your future income will be divided by five. Take care of it yourself, and you can multiply your future income by five.

When anyone tells me I can't do anything, I'm just not listening anymore.

Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it.

There is no help for you, outside yourself; You are the creator of the universe.

Be free; hope for nothing from anyone. I am sure if you look back upon your lives you will find that you were always vainly trying to get help from others which never came.

I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions.

You must get good at one of two things; planting in the spring or begging in the fall.

Others can stop you temporarily - you are the only one who can do it permanently.

You would not want to be responsible for someone else's happiness, so please do not hold someone else responsible for yours!

I haven't placed any limits on myself

Each is responsible for his own actions.

Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.

There's nothing new under the sun. All the roads lead to Rome. And people cannot provide it for you. I can't wake you up. You can wake you up. I can't cure you. You can cure you.

If you don't believe in yourself, why should anyone else?

People whine, 'I haven't succeeded because I haven't had the breaks.' You create your own breaks.

If you want success, then don't rely on other people to do what YOU can do!

People don't have to like or support you. So you always have to say thank you.

All we can ever do in the way of good to people is to encourage them to do good to themselves.

Were born to be players, not pawns.