Self Reliance Quotes
Our nation needs to stop doing for people what they can and should do for themselves. Self reliance means, if anyone will not work, neither should he eat.
To have a friendship with God, all I really have to do is have a friendship with my Self.
Woman must not depend upon the protection of man but must be taught to protect herself.
To character and success two things contradictory as they may seem must go together-humble dependence and manly independence humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self.
A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He does not say "My men were beaten " he says "I was beaten."
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them make them.
To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you that you ought to prefer is to have kept your soul alive.
The U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.
Be yourself and think for yourself and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the conclusions forced upon you.
Man is not the creature of circumstances circumstances are the creature of man. We are free agents and man is more powerful than matter.
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.
In the long run we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself and know that everything in life has a purpose.
When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.
Self- reliance is the greatest of all virtues my friend.
The Human Self is the only friend and savior to all humanity.
Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.
With the rise of self- awareness, all separatisms cease to exist - all delusions cease to exist.
It is only just that anything that grows up on its own should feel it has nothing to repay for an upbringing which it owes no one.
No God, no messiah, no prophet can grant your wishes – it is only through your own efforts that you can make your wishes come true – it is only you who can grant your own wishes.
I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I've just done what I damn well wanted to, and I've made enough money to support myself, and ain't afraid of being alone.
Awake my great soul.Awake my great spirit.Awake my great strength.
If after all men cannot always make history have a meaning they can always act so that their own lives have one.
Man is still responsible. ... His success lies not with the stars but with himself. He must carry on the fight of self-correction and discipline.
Under normal periods any man's success hinges about 5 percent on what others do for him and 95 percent on what he does.
Pa he always said a man had to look spry for himself because nobody would do it for him your opportunities didn't come knocking around you had to hunt them down and hog-tie them.
Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment and learn again to exercise ... his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.
Mediate on the word of God. The well spring of life.