Quotes About Self-reliance

A faith so weak that it is not sufficient unto itself but requires that others tiptoe around it for fear of hurting it, knows deep down that it is a lie.

In the end you only answer to yourself!

Faith as an intellectual state is self-reliance.

One has to handle these negative experiences alone.You can't get help from your friends or family.You're finally alone with it, and you have to come to grips with misfortune and go on.

I don't have a saviour or a royal family.

I never wanted anyone to think that I would use my family name to get me anywhere.

I have no family to take care of.

I'm allergic to family occasions. Sometimes I think we'd do better as dandelion seeds-no family, no history, just floating off into the world, each on our own piece of fluff.

The women in my family are just strong women who do their own thing, so I knew I needed to have individuals like that.

I grew up in a family where our mother made our clothing. We didn't have a lot of money, so we learned how to scrimp, and we learned how to invent and to create. And those are learned skills.

I have worked every day since the age of fifteen, supporting not only myself, but also helping a sizable family when needed.

I don't want anyone as president who promises to take care of me. I may be stupid, but I want a chance to try to be a grown-up and take care of my family.

I want to remain that family farmer independence, which I think is so critical to this country. I think it's helped build this country.

No one can travel your own road for you you must travel it for yourself. My faith in this stems from my childhood. I grew up in a family with a system of religious beliefs handed down to me.

But the thing with us was, we didn't really need anyone to make us world famous – we were already halfway there.

Nobody can give you freedom, nobody can give you equality or justice. If you are a man, you take it.

Pick up your clothes. I am not your maid. How do I know this? A maid cannot kill you with a tube sock. I can.

I only believed in three things: my right fist, my left fist, and my gut.

My father told me, never have partners.

I grew up in the 30s with an unemployed father. He didn't riot; he got on his bike and looked for work and he kept looking 'til he found it.

What you have inherited from your fathers, earn over again for yourselves, or it will not be yours.

My father always said working for somebody else never amounted to anything. You have to be an entrepreneur

Do you know that other than my father, I've never had a man take care of me?

When did it become a problem to be a small businessman and become successful? The small businessman - like my father, or like me?