100 Quotes About Self-Reliance

Oh the places you'll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that ball will make you the winning-est winner of all. Dr. Seuss

You can't hang around waiting for somebody else to pull your strings. Destiny's what you make of it. You have to face whatever life throws at you. And if it throws more than you'd like, more than you think you can handle? Well then you just have to find the heroism within yourself and play out the hand you've been dealt. The universe never sets a challenge that can't be met. You just need to believe in yourself in order to find the strength to face it. Darren Shan

Maybe your country is only a place you make up in your own mind. Something you dream about and sing about. Maybe it's not a place on the map at all, but just a story full of people you meet and places you visit, full of books and films you've been to. I'm not afraid of being homesick and having no language to live in. I don't have to be like anyone else. I'm walking on the wall and nobody can stop me. Hugo Hamilton

You were born together, and together you shall be for evermore.. But let there be spaces in your togetherness.. Love one another, but make not a bond of love. Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not of the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. . Kahlil Gibran

The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same. Unknown

I believe in free will. I think we make our own decisions and carry out or own actions. And our actions have consequences. The world is what we make it. But I think sometimes we can ask God to help us and He will. Michael Grant

I don't care what is written, " Meyer Landsman says. "I don't care what supposedly got promised to some sandal-wearing idiot whose claim to fame is that he was ready to cut his own son's throat for the sake of a hare-brained idea. I don't care about red heifers and patriarchs and locusts. A bunch of old bones in the sand. My homeland is in my hat. It's in my ex-wife's tote bag. Michael Chabon

If the whole world is in a rush and people are out of step with themselves, they fail to catch that quirky aura and that special quality of life that feeds our soul-searching frame of mind and that builds a coveted haven, giving recognition and self-reliance. ("The unbearable heaviness of being”) Erik Pevernagie

One a' them rules is don't go trusting another man's path... People do it, they do what their mommies and daddies did, they make them same mistakes, they have them same joys and hurts, they just repeating. Trees don't grow exactly where their momma is; ain't no room... I weren't following no one up through life. Beth Lewis

Democracy is a continuous, open process of civility. A democracy can never be “done”; updating democracy can never be over. Democracy can be nothing else but a continuous process, because we use it to organize our life, and life is nothing but a continuous process. Democracy can be compared to an operating system or an anti-virus software; if it does not get perpetually updated, it becomes obsolete very fast. Trusting the updates or the “improvements” of democracy to the elected and the owned mass media is like trusting the updates of an anti-virus program to virus creators; it defeats the purpose of updates or improvements. Haroutioun Bochnakian

We ask no sympathy from others in the anxiety and agony of a 
broken friendship or shattered love. When death sunders our nearest
 ties, alone we sit in the shadow of our affliction. Alike mid the greatest 
triumphs and darkest tragedies of life we walk alone. On the divine 
heights of human attainments, eulogized and worshiped as a hero or 
saint, we stand alone. In ignorance, poverty, and vice, as a pauper or
criminal, alone we starve or steal; alone we suffer the sneers and rebuffs
of our fellows; alone we are hunted and hounded through dark courts
and alleys, in by-ways and highways; alone we stand in the judgment
seat; alone in the prison cell we lament our crimes and misfortunes; alone we expiate them on the gallows. In hours like these we realize the
awful solitude of individual life, its pains, its penalties, its responsibilities; hours in which the youngest and most helpless are thrown on their own resources for guidance and consolation. Seeing then that life must ever be a march and a battle, that each soldier must be equipped for his own protection, it is the height of cruelty to rob the individual of a single natural right. . Elizabeth Cady Stanton

You yearn to stay in this in-between place, where the beauty of the times you have freshly bade farewell to is still alive and vivid in your mind — almost real — and the reality of your new circumstances has yet to fully sink in. You listen to the familiar melodies that had accompanied you on your journey, and allow the music to evoke landscapes and scenes in your mind. The songs caress your sub-consciousness and fill your being with an airy joy. You are both here and elsewhere. Or perhaps you are everywhere and nowhere. Agnes Chew

Moments later, I was climbing nervously into the back of the car. The driver wore the archetypal expression of an antagonist. No words were exchanged beyond the brief lines uttered to this nameless stranger, whose inclinations remained unclear. The car sped along empty roads and traversed dingy alleyways. Music blared from its speakers. I did not remember exhaling throughout the entire journey. Agnes Chew

Self- reliance is the greatest of all virtues my friend. Abhijit Naskar

Self is All. (First Principle of Humanism) Abhijit Naskar

Mark you, no Krishna can clear your eyes and make you look with a broader vision upon life in your march upward and onward, until the Self within you morphs into Krishna — until the Self morphs into Buddha — until the Self turns into Christ. Abhijit Naskar

All monotheisms should return to their respective times with our thanks for everything. This is no longer their time. If they stay, they will suffer and make us suffer. If they really love humanity, they should step aside and let humanity outgrow them. This is the time when humanity needs to learn about thinking and acting collectively for his collective, or else no monotheism-presented God can ever save him. Haroutioun Bochnakian

Life doesn't run away from nobody. Life runs at people. Joe Frazier

The father and daughter made their way north, through unknown sylvan paradises where only the owls and skunks know their way around. The hard work of paddling non-stop for many hours had long since stopped being difficult for Saweyimew. In spite of her beauty and grace, her back had grown strong and sinewy from years of canoe trips. She reveled in the exhilaration it always brought her, after the first few hours left her body insensible to pain or discomfort. Warm and tingly, lulled into peaceful contemplation by hours of the rhythmic paddling, the smell of the water, exotic blooms, animal musk. It all combined as one to make her feel so alive. Especially when it rained, and her body steamed against the cool drops, feeling invincible against the elements. The mountain of her father's back was like a rock against anything nature could throw against them. The stream of fragrant pipe-smoke still flowing from his lips, regardless of any obstacle. She felt at that moment, nothing would ever stop her father's pipe from smoking. Nothing, not death, not any force of the living or spirit world, would ever still her father's heart. Rain cleansing her to the core, she was a spring of raw power and self-reliance, paddling against all adversity--their master completely. Her father's daughter. At times like that, when it rained, she entirely understood and shared her father's outlook on life. Alexei Maxim Russell

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Ralph Waldo Emerson

With perseverance and endurance you can survive any storm. Lailah Gifty Akita

The victory over our inner self is a daily struggle. Be strong and do not give up. Lailah Gifty Akita

We must read, mediate and affirm the writings of Holy Scriptures, to partake in the divine nature and overcome the struggles of life. Lailah Gifty Akita

We are so accustomed to the comforts of "I cannot", "I do not want to" and "it is too difficult" that we forget to realize when we stop doing things for ourselves and expect others to dance around us, we are not achieving greatness. We have made ourselves weak. Pandora Poikilos

Wealth isn't about money. It's about options...and you always have options. Choose wisely. Live wealthy. Richie Norton

Engrave on your heart; love, hope and faith. Lailah Gifty Akita

If you make time for the nonsense, good or bad, it will continue to seek you out. Unknown

Healing ultimately comes down to whether or not you have made the decision to do so. Unknown

Those who are weak in spirit, desire to make others weaker. While the strong spirit, desire to empower others to be stronger. Lailah Gifty Akita

The path is undefined. You have to define and walk in your own path. Lailah Gifty Akita

I have seen times of plentiful and times of scarcity. I enjoy the times of prosperity and endure the times of difficulty. Lailah Gifty Akita

Happiness is not in the absence of challenges but the choice to dwell on infinite hope. Lailah Gifty Akita

Thy word O Lord is a lamp that lights my path. Lailah Gifty Akita

Self-education begins with the passion to read the Scriptures. Lailah Gifty Akita

Mediate on the word of God. The well spring of life. Lailah Gifty Akita

Be thankful that you have clothes to wear, food to eat and a place to sleep. Lailah Gifty Akita

Go ahead and pursue your God-given dreams. Lailah Gifty Akita

Press onward to fulfill your dream. Lailah Gifty Akita

Nobody can bring you a change. You have to want to change. Lailah Gifty Akita

Governments have absolutely no interest in self-reliance. It defeats one of the purposes for their existence. They encourage and thrive on dependency. The more of it they sell, the more necessary they are, and the more power and money they need. Dan Groat

Versifying left her cold. Poems were too close to prayer, rousing regrettable passions. Waiting for God to rescue you when it was up to you. Poetry and prayer put ideas in people's heads that got them killed, distracting them from the ruthless mechanism of the world. Colson Whitehead

Trusting yourself means you dare walk alone. Lailah Gifty Akita

It is not through fighting the opposition that will win you dignity. It is when you fight the fear in yourself that asks you why you don't feel you have it, regardless if you win or lose. Shannon L. Alder

Dance with your rhythm. Lailah Gifty Akita

Courage, self-reliance and decisiveness are the main traits that define a man. Ogwo David Emenike

I have found a higher calling; inspirational-writing! I can’t imagine myself doing any other work, when I ought to write and transmit, awe-inspiring-words, to the souls longing for it. Lailah Gifty Akita

Work with great zeal. Lailah Gifty Akita

The certainty within our spirit made the dream reality. Lailah Gifty Akita

Life is full of limitless opportunities. You ought to seek them. Lailah Gifty Akita

Find your niche and occupy it. Lailah Gifty Akita

With positive outlook life will always be beautiful. Lailah Gifty Akita

The Creator is Sovereign Lord.We are Sovereign being. Lailah Gifty Akita

I am only one. The best person I can possibly be. Lailah Gifty Akita

Golden possibilities exist in every adversity. Lailah Gifty Akita

We wonder with our thoughts. Lailah Gifty Akita

Think and imagine the possibilities of your heart's desires. You will attract them to you. Lailah Gifty Akita

You have to renew your mind with positive thoughts daily. Lailah Gifty Akita

I can take care of myself, ” I said hotly.“ Darlin, you don't even know how to pleasure yourself. Nenia Campbell

Each day, write a thankful note. Lailah Gifty Akita

I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet. Susan B. Anthony

He was a pitiful thing. He had always been a pitiful thing. Why had she never seen that before? There was a hollow place inside her where her fear had been. George R.r. Martin

The greatest thing to conquer is self. Lailah Gifty Akita

She would never be caught unprepared again, she swore to herself. She would never trust. Never love. Never put faith in other human beings again. She would learn all she could of the shape and substance of the world, and she would find a way to survive in it. David Anthony Durham

Isn’t it time that, loving, we freed ourselves from the beloved, and, trembling, endured:as the arrow endures the bow, so as to be, in its flight, something more than itself? Rainer Maria Rilke

Isn't it time that, in love, we freed ourselves from the loved one and, trembling, endured:as the arrow endures the string, collecting itselfto be more than itself as it shoots? Rainer Maria Rilke

Chances are no matter how bad your troubles seem to be, someone somewhere, with less resilience, has successfully conquered a more severe version of your problems. Unknown

Never compete with any man but yourself. Seek to develop yourself. Lailah Gifty Akita

Life is a great adventure. Lailah Gifty Akita

If you lead me astray, then my wanderings will bring me to my destination. Michael Bassey Johnson

I don't purchase people with money, or hiss like a snake to attract their attention, all i do is to rest on my couch because i have the conviction that no human can progress with an exception without a power behind. Michael Bassey Johnson

You may be operating from the belief that you must do everything yourself because no one will ever be there for you. Or you may think that if you never speak up you’ll avoid being rejected. Both these fears no longer apply to you today as an adult. If you never reach out for help, you will continue to deprive yourself. Beverly Engel

With great enthusiasm and determination you will master the art in your field. Lailah Gifty Akita