Quotes about Self-reliance
Be courageous. Be independent. Only remember where the true courage and independence come from.
- Phillips Brooks
True independence of character empowers us to act rather than be acted upon.
- Stephen Covey
Complete independence does not mean arrogant isolation or a superior disdain for all help.
- Mahatma Gandhi
There is no humanity or charity in destroying self-reliance, dignity, and self-respect.
- Ronald Reagan
You cannot wait for someone to save you, to help you, to complete you. No one can complete you. You complete yourself.
- Oprah Winfrey
To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your path, and don't worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest. Always do what you are afraid to do.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
We cannot stand through the storms of life based on someone else's faith. We must be fully assured in our own hearts and minds.
- Joyce Meyer
Trying to please everybody is impossible - if you did that, you'd end up in the middle with nobody liking you. You've just got to make the decision about what you think is your best, and do it.
- John Lennon
Make your own dream .I can't wake you up. You can wake you up. I can't cure you. You can cure you.
- John Lennon
Maturity includes the recognition that no one is going to see anything in us that we don't see in ourselves. Stop waiting for a producer. Produce yourself.
- Marianne Williamson
Nothing can work me damage except myself. The harm that I sustain I carry about with me, and never am a real sufferer but by my own fault.
- Bernard of Clairvaux
If you make a choice that goes against what everyone else thinks, the world will not fall apart.
- Oprah Winfrey