Quotes about Self-reliance
One who cannot swim must not blame the water.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.
— Kamala Harris
Don't let anyone turn you into a slave. You're a slave if you let the media tell you that sports and entertainment are more important than developing your brain.
— Ben Carson
I say that man is entitled to his own happiness and that he must achieve it himself. But that he cannot demand that others give up their lives to make him happy.
— Ayn Rand
If you don't live by the praise of men you won't die by their criticism.
— Bill Johnson
Do not let your peace depend on the hearts of men; whatever they say about you, good or bad, you are not because of it another man, for as you are, you are.
— Thomas a Kempis
. . . the man is free, we say, who exists for his own sake and not for another's.
— Aristotle
If a man is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault, for God made all men to be happy.
— Epictetus
A great man left a watchword that we can well repeat: "There is no indispensable man"
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Every man should bear his own grievances rather than detract from the comforts of another.
— Cicero
Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
— Calvin Coolidge
How do you expect to arrive at the end of your own journey if you take the road to another man's city?
— Thomas Merton