Quotes about Self-reliance
. . . Government should do only those things the people cannot do for themselves.
- Ronald Reagan
Good government is no substitute for self-government.
- Mahatma Gandhi
And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them.
- Edmund Burke
Nations crumble from within when the citizenry asks of government those things which the citizenry might better provide for itself.
- Ronald Reagan
Your happiness depends on you alone.
- Aristotle
Don't depend on other people as the source of your happiness or for approval.
- Joyce Meyer
He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.
- Samuel Johnson
The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first generation in history that to a large extent determines its own destiny.
- Jimmy Carter
There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves.
- Andrew Carnegie
If you ever need a helping hand, it is at the end of your arm. As you get older you must remember you have a second hand. The first one is to help yourself. The second hand is to help others.
- Audrey Hepburn
You can't help the poor by becoming one of them.
- Brian Tracy
Don't depend on anyone too much. Even your shadow leaves when it's dark.
- Anonymous