Self Reliance Quotes
Michael Bassey Johnson
If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them.
1890 Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
2848 Joe Frazier
Life doesn't run away from nobody. Life runs at people.
1033 Dr. Seuss
Oh the places you'll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that ball will make you the winning-est winner of all.
2004 Kerry E. Wagner
you don't have to worry about burning bridges, if you're building your own
2823 Sharon Maas
She might be without country, without nation, but inside her there was still a being that could exist and be free, that could simply say I am without adding a this, or a that, without saying I am Indian, Guyanese, English, or anything else in the world.
1423 Carlos Castaneda
The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.
1589 Maya Angelou
Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.
3705 Lailah Gifty Akita
We must read, mediate and affirm the writings of Holy Scriptures, to partake in the divine nature and overcome the struggles of life.
2126 Rania Al Abdullah
Pessimism doesn’t change the reality; it prolongs the status quo. And it brings everyone down. It’s only ever lose-lose. Optimism and faith coupled with pragmatism change the reality. Self-belief and self-reliance change the reality. Boldness to explore new ideas changes the reality. A vision powered by effort and energy changes the reality.
2488 Thomas Davidson
Associate with noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty. But learn to be happy alone.
Rely upon your own energies, and so not wait for, or depend on other people.
2915 Nancy Kress
You think intelligence and grit can succeed by themselves, but I'm telling you that's a pretty illusion.
1288 Stewart O'Nan
Somewhere in this latest humiliation there was a lesson in self-reliance. He'd failed so completely that he'd become his own man again.
1852 Chris Matakas
The great men of all areas of humanity’s activities never tried to be a better version of someone else. They simply brought to the table a full life's cultivation of their particular skill sets, experiences, and passions, and we must do the same.
2504 Sophocles
Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
1788 Enock Maregesi
Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere alikuwa baba kwa familia yake. Kwa Tanzania alikuwa mlezi; wa ndoto ya haki, amani, uzalendo, ujamaa, na uhuru.
1144 Nenia Campbell
I can take care of myself,” I said hotly.
“Darlin, you don't even know how to pleasure yourself.
2691 Ralph Waldo Emerson
If he had the earth for his pasture and the sea for his pond, he would be a pauper still. He only is rich who owns the day. There is no king, rich man, fairy or demon who possesses such power as that.
Mentioned in
Sixty Days and Counting, by Kim Stanley Robinson
2594 Mae West
Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
4110 Greta Garbo
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.
2840 Elizabeth I Tudor
If I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen and married.
2127 Michael Bassey Johnson
I don't purchase people with money, or hiss like a snake to attract their attention, all i do is to rest on my couch because i have the conviction that no human can progress with an exception without a power behind.
2875 Ogwo David Emenike
Courage, self-reliance and decisiveness are the main traits that define a man.
4955 Rose Wynters
He glanced at James before continuing. “If you're going to survive this, the first rule you need to learn is never count on anyone but yourself. Never. People make mistakes, and the zombies are fast. They don't need to sleep or eat anything but us. Don't leave your protection in the hands of someone else.
3533 Pandora Poikilos
We are so accustomed to the comforts of "I cannot", "I do not want to" and "it is too difficult" that we forget to realize when we stop doing things for ourselves and expect others to dance around us, we are not achieving greatness. We have made ourselves weak.
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