Self Reliance Quotes

Self Reliance Quote of the day

The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.

Promises that you make to yourself are often like the Japanese plum tree - they bear no fruit.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

Every form of true education trains the student in self-reliance

To find yourself, think for yourself.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

Life doesn't run away from nobody. Life runs at people.

Heaven and hell is right now. ... You make it heaven or you make it hell by your actions.

There is no reality except the one contained within us.

Independence is happiness.

The great test of life is to see whether we will hearken to and obey God's commands in the midst of the storms of life.

My future is one I must make myself.

Men are made stronger on realization that the helping hand they need is at the end of their own arm.

For they can conquer who believe they can.

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

We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.

Freedom means choosing your burden.

Disaster mitigation... increases the self reliance of people who are at risk - in other words, it is empowering.

The past is over... forget it. The future holds hope... reach for it.

If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them.

No man will succeed unless he is ready to face and overcome difficulties and prepared to assume responsibilities.

You can't get spoiled if you do your own ironing.

Thinking is like loving and dying. Each of us must do it for himself.

There are some who want to get married and others who don't. I have never had an impulse to go to the altar. I am a difficult person to lead.

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.

In yourself right now is all the place you've got.

The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.

The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.

You will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it.

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.

I leave before being left. I decide.

God has entrusted me with myself.

The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.

Parents and educators need to establish a culture in which security and clarity of expectations are balanced with the encouragement of playfulness, inquisitiveness and self reliance.

You can't get old without living.

Change and growth take place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with experimenting with his own life.

There is always a better way.

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

I'd rather die my way than live yours.

God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

One has to discover everything for oneself. And get over it all alone.

I don't want to be a passenger in my own life.

There are no fixtures in nature. The universe is fluid and volatile. Permanence is but a word of degrees.

Success is predictable.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.

I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.

He who is plenteously provided for from within needs but little from without.

I have tried 99 times and have failed, but on the 100th time came success.

I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.