Quotes about Self-reliance
I have discovered that man is superior to the system he propounds.
- Mahatma Gandhi
America is the only place where man is full-grown!
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
It is not what talents or genius a man has, but how he is to his talents, that constitutes friendship and character. The man thatstands by himself, the universe stands by him also.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is only as a man puts off from himself all external support, and stands alone, that I see him to be strong and to prevail.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let me admonish you, first of all, to go alone; to refuse the good models, even those which are sacred in the imagination of men, and dare to love God without mediator or veil.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The question is whether you can bear freedom. At present the vast majority of men, whether white or black, require the discipline of labor which enslaves them for their own good.
- Henry David Thoreau
Shall a man go and hang himself because he belongs to the race of pygmies, and not be the biggest pygmie that he can? Let everyone mind his own business, and endeavor to be what he was made
- Henry David Thoreau
But perhaps a man is not required to bury himself.
- Henry David Thoreau
The majority of people who fail to accumulate money sufficient for their needs are, generally, easily influenced by the opinion of others.
- Napoleon Hill
You may not be responsible for being down, but you must be responsible for getting up.
- Jesse Jackson
I never ask for nothin' I don't demand of myself. Honesty, loyalty, friends and then wealth.
- Jay-Z
If you depend on your company to take care of your retirement, your future income will be divided by five. Take care of it yourself, and you can multiply your future income by five.
- Jim Rohn