Quotes about Self-reliance

Every fat must stand upon its own bottom;

Every tub must stand upon its own without the need of assistance.

I did it my own self to gratify.

Presumption said, Every fat must stand upon his own bottom.

Good leaders never embrace a victim mentality. They recognize that who and where they are remain their responsibility—not that of their parents, their spouses, their children, the government, their bosses, or their coworkers.

Those who follow the crowd will never be followed by a crowd.

If you think someone or something other than yourself is responsible for your success or happiness, then you will be neither happy nor successful.

I don't care what you think about me. I don't think about you at all.

A girl doesn't need anyone that doesn't need her.

All our experience with history should teach us, when we look back, how badly human wisdom is betrayed when it relies on itself

Things cannot always go your way. Learn to accept in silence the minor aggravations, cultivate the gift of taciturnity and consume your own smoke with an extra draught of hard work, so that those about you may not be annoyed with the dust and soot of your complaint.

I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.