Self Reliance Quotes

Michael Bassey Johnson

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in
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.

Joe Frazier

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

Dr. Seuss

Oh the places you'll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be
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.

Michel De Montaigne

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

Kerry E. Wagner

you don't have to worry about burning bridges, if you're building your own

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.

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.

Maya Angelou

Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.

Lailah Gifty Akita

There is a light in every soul.

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.

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.

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.

Nancy Kress

You think intelligence and grit can succeed by themselves, but I'm telling you that's a pretty illusion.

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.

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.

Sophocles

Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future
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.

Enock Maregesi

Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere alikuwa baba kwa familia yake. Kwa Tanzania alikuwa mlezi; wa ndoto ya haki, amani, uzalendo, ujamaa, na uhuru.

Nenia Campbell

I can take care of myself,” I said hotly.

“Darlin, you don't even know how to pleasure yourself.

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

Mae West

Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.

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.

Elizabeth I Tudor

If I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen and married.

Mark Z. Danielewski

Noli me tangere,
noli me legere,
noli me videre,
noli me

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Press onward to fulfill your dream.

Louis Simpson

The Open Road goes to the used-car lot.

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.

Ogwo David Emenike

Courage, self-reliance and decisiveness are the main traits that define a man.

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.

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.

Michael Bassey Johnson

If you lead me astray, then my wanderings will bring me to my destination.

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