Quotes About Self-reliance

One must know how to conserve oneself- the best test of independence.

All great enterprises are self-supporting.

I always had a very strong sense of independence.

Complete independence does not mean arrogant isolation or a superior disdain for all help.

Pin your faith to no ones sleeves, haven't you two eyes of your own.

More Americans are enjoying the freedom of independence from the chains of welfare

I've always had great independence on everything I've done. Nobody's ever told me not to do anything.

Only by counting could humans demonstrate their independence of computers.

Government aid impedes success and creates dependence, while entrepreneurs create success and independence.

There is a great deal of self-will in the world, but very little genuine independence of character.

As long as [our] independence is not achieved, it remains to be achieved.

We . . . declared our independence 200 years ago, and we are not about to lose it now to paper shufflers and computers.

Instead of idleness, vanity, or an intellect formed by the spoon-feeding of others, my girls have acquired energy, industry, and independence.

I am not responsible for the successful working of the machinery of society.

I take the only desire one can really permit oneself. Freedom, Alvah, freedom.""You call that freedom?""To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.

You can go through the world with your elbows out and your nose in the air, and call it independence, if you like. That's not my way.

I'm heading for a clean-named placelike Wisconsin, and mad as a jack-o'-lantern, will get therewithout help and nosy proclivities.

I am beautifully on my own. I am free. At the end of the day, we should be our own heroes. Our own savers. Our own heroes.

I'd rather go and make my own way than have it decided for me.

To have an independant mind, to think for oneself, not to follow fashion, not to seek honour or decoration, not to become part of the establishment

The proverb warns that, 'You should not bite the hand that feeds you.' But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself.

I'll walk where my own nature would be leading. It vexes me to choose another guide.

...it was easy to get an incomplete picture of the world if one relied solely on experts, and how important is would be to further rely on oneself

Develop your soul into independence!