Quotes about Self-reliance

Every man has within himself a gold mine whose riches are limited only by his own industry.

I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.

Once you learn to read, you'll be forever free.

Once you learn to read, you will forever be free.

Once you learn to read, you'll be forever free. Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.

A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself.

The single woman is a free woman, and being single does not mean being alone - it means being free to have a relationship or not. This can be scary, but it's also very interesting.

The gods help them that help themselves.

Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked. I am trying to find places for those able to work, and provide for them as best I can, so as to lighten the burden on the Government as much as possible, while at the same time they learn to respect themselves by earning their own living.

Americans different in some maybe thoughts or emphasis still have the same ideas. They want a government that lets them be free, that leaves them alone, that doesn't interrupt and interfere with every aspect of their life, that lets them go to work and keep more of what they've worked hard to have.

Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you really want it, you take it.

I simply refused to believe.