Quotes About Self-reliance

You don't want to do what your parents want you to do. You got your own things. And the whole idea of getting a job because of who your father is - that didn't isn't right.

I was raised with a sense of entrepreneurship - my father owned a roofing business, and I grew up with the idea that you never want someone telling you what you can and cannot do.

My father felt that children should make their own way.

I always knew I wanted to make my own way; I never wanted to be dependent on my father.

My father always told me that. "Nobody knows anything, so don't listen to anyone else."

Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us.

Always believe in yourself. Do this and no matter where you are, you will have nothing to fear.

I am Zarathustra the Godless: where shall I find my equal? All those who give themselves their own will and renounce all submission, they are my equals.

If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.

There is a great fear that plagues only romantics and children... it is that they might be alright alone.

When I face myself, I go, "You have a fear of really being on your own. So you know what? That's what we're gonna do right now.

Any device whatever by which one frees himself from the fear of others is a natural good.

You will fear the darkness only to the extent that you yourself are not providing light.

Put your foot upon the neck of the fear of criticism by reaching a decision not to worry about what other people think, do, or say.

I've never had that fear of going against the grain.

In any case, the fear of subservience is quite imaginary.

I'm going to end up like one of those old weirdos who lives in a network of tunnels burrowed through trash - yet I do not fear this.

My biggest fear in the world is going broke and having to depend on someone else again.

My hands are small, but they're not yours, they are my own... I am never broken.

We waste time dreaming for the perfect life, Instead of creating the perfect life ourself.

The most happy people are those who don't expect anything from anyone. Because expectation always hurts.

Don't wait around for others to experience life with you. Take the lead, go out, and get the most out of life. Eventually you'll have more company than you can handle.

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

If you trust in everything the world tells you, you can't develop your own intuition about what's right or wrong. Start believing in your own intuitions they are the green light towards your life.