Optimism Quote by Sri Chinmoy

“self respect. self reliance. self control.”

— John Dos Passos

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…

— Edwin Feulner

So much of TV seems to be chewing gum for the eyes… TV desperately needs more self-reliance and pride in the medium.

— John Mason Brown

True self-reliance does not mean reliance on one's physical strength; it means reliance on something mightier, something which is less perishable... It means trusting…

— Swami Paramananda

Self-confidence without self-reliance is as useless as a cooking recipe without food. Self-confidence sees the possibilities of the individual; self-reliance realizes them. Self-confidence sees…

— William George Jordan

To succeed, we must have the will to succeed, we must have stamina, determination, backbone, perseverance, self-reliance, and faith.

— B. C. Forbes

Let us avoid debt as we would avoid a plague...Let every head of every household see to it that he has on hand enough…

— J. Reuben Clark

Exercises cultivated self-reliance - the foundation of courage.

— Alexander Suvorov

I turned what was a wonderful case of self-reliance into a case of self-exile. Which is not uncommon, I think, in people who grow…

— Leigh Newman

Self-reliance is not just words, but deeds.

— Ashraf Ghani

It is true that the virtues which are less esteemed and practiced now--independence, self-reliance, and the willingness to bear risks, the readiness to back…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance--do not sacrifice that to anything else.

— John D. Rockefeller

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,…

— Andy Wilkinson

Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance.

— Al Spalding