Quotes about Self-reliance
What does it mean to be a conservative? I don't even know anymore. I know what it means to me. It means to me, personal responsibility. That if I've done something wrong, its up to me to pay the price. It's up to me to make it right.
- Glenn Beck
I just don't want to be the damsel in distress. I'll scream on the balcony, but you've got to let me do a little action here.
- Kirsten Dunst
I just don't feel like I have to explain myself.
- Dolly Parton
I only do what my gut tells me to. I think it's smart to listen to other people's advice, but at the end of the day, you're the only one who can tell you what's right for you.
- Jennifer Lopez
Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.
- Les Brown
It is not society which is to guide and save the creative hero, but precisely the reverse.
- Joseph Campbell
You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.
- Serena Williams
Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.
- Albert Einstein
Other people can't make you see with their eyes. At the best they can only encourage you to use your own.
- Aldous Huxley
Ah, if only one had work of one's own, proper work, decent workânot forced upon one by the griping of one's belly!
- Aldous Huxley
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own.And you know what you know. You are the guy who'll decide where to go.
- Dr. Seuss
You can't live your life blaming your failures on your parents and what they did or didn't do for you. You're dealt the cards that you're dealt. I realised it was a waste of time to be angry at my parents and feel sorry for myself.
- Drew Barrymore