Quotes About Self-reliance

I learned that the richness of life is found in adventure. . . . It develops self-reliance and independence. Life then teems with excitement. There is stagnation only in security.

The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours - it is an amazing journey - and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.

Your life is an island separated from all other islands and continents. Regardless of how many boats you send to other shores or how many ships arrive upon your shores, you yourself are an island separated by its own pains, secluded in its happiness.

I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.

You can't base your life on other people's expectations.

By golly, life's too darn short to waste time trying to please every meddlesome moron who's got an idea how I ought to be! I don't need advice! Everyone can just stay out of my face!

I would rather have a big burden and a strong back, than a weak back and a caddy to carry life's luggage.

It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.

Being single doesn't make you weak, it means that you are strong enough to be on your own; Being alone could be a good thing, because there is no drama involved in your life, no pain, and free to do what ever you want. Life is too short to be chasing those who aren't even worth fighting for, you are worth more than that.

Deaf to the bullsh.., blind to the fake sh.., it's my life and I'll be damned if I waste it.

If I was meant to be controlled, I would have came with a remote.

Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.

Make your own path. The well trodden path is not always the right path.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

You know other people will give you the right path to achieve their success but don't you want your own? It may not be as beautiful theirs, it may be harder but it is yours it is what your heart is telling you to do.

Don't compare your struggles to anyone else's. Don't get discouraged by the success of others. Make your own path and never give up.

Anyone can put you on the right path but they can't make you walk it, you have to make that first step and decide if you're on the road to success or failure.

Your life works out the way you want it too. Choose your own life path, don't let anyone else choose your path for you.

Same hurt, same lies. No one knows what I truly feel inside. I just want to be done. I'm alone and in need of someone, anyone. The truth is it's everyone for themselves , my heart is completely tore. But not matter what I will continue to fight and continue on this journey called life.

I believe things go wrong so you can appreciate them when they're right. You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself.

Your goals are objectives that only you can attain. If there's a cost to pay, be prepared.

Never base life decisions on advice from people who don't have to deal with the results of your decision.