Self Reliance Quotes

341 Self Reliance quotes by 199 unique authors

Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The basis of good manners is self-reliance. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We singer-songwriter people, we're used to getting up and doing our own thing in front of people, and we're it. We're the band, artist, writer,… — Andy Wilkinson
Self reliance, the height and perfection of man, is reliance on God. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Self-reliance is the key to a vigorous life. A man must look inward to find his own answers. — Robin Williams
The principle of self-reliance grows out of a fundamental doctrine of the Church, that of agency. Just as each individual is accountable for his choices… — Marion G. Romney
Be happy. Be yourself. If others don't like it, then let them be. Happiness is a choice. Life isn't about pleasing everybody. — John Spence
Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty and industry. Don't take too much advice - keep… — Noah Porter
Liberals have created, and the minority leadership has exploited, a community of dependent people, unaware of the true route to prosperity and happiness: self-reliance and… — Rush Limbaugh
Another sort of false prayers are our regrets. Discontent is the way of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will. Regret calamities, if you can thereby… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance--do not sacrifice that to anything else. — John D. Rockefeller
Confidence in the natural world is self-reliance; in the spiritual world, it is God-reliance. — Oswald Chambers
Self-reliance can turn a salesman into a merchant; a politician into a statesman; an attorney into a jurist; an unknown youth into a great leader.… — Newell Dwight Hillis
Self-Reliance is a prerequisite to the complete freedom to act. — Marion G. Romney
Then came the gadgeteer, otherwise known as the sporting-goods dealer. He has draped the American outdoorsman with an infinity of contraptions, all offered as aids… — Aldo Leopold
I learned early that the richness of life is found in adventure. Adventure calls on all the faculties of mind and spirit. It develops self-reliance… — William O. Douglas
No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods. — Demosthenes
Freedom comes from strength and self-reliance — Lisa Murkowski
Solitude is an unavoidable part of creativity. Self-reliance is a happy by-product. — Twyla Tharp
The masses have no habit of self-reliance or original action. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don't look for someone in whom to believe. Believe in yourself. The only authentic authority is your own original nature. — Vernon Howard
Sports constantly make demands on the participant for top performance, and they develop integrity, self-reliance and initiative. They teach you a lot about working in… — Byron White
Is the American tradition of self-reliance disappearing? That's a painful question for conservatives to ponder. After all, we're dedicated to reducing the role of government… — Edwin Feulner
We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts....… — Calvin Coolidge
Fair Trade is a market-based, entrepreneurial response to business as usual: it helps third-word farmers developing direct market access as well as the organizational and… — Paul Rice

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