Quotes about Self-reliance
We cannot stand through the storms of life based on someone else's faith. We must be fully assured in our own hearts and minds.
— Joyce Meyer
Trying to please everybody is impossible - if you did that, you'd end up in the middle with nobody liking you. You've just got to make the decision about what you think is your best, and do it.
— John Lennon
Make your own dream .I can't wake you up. You can wake you up. I can't cure you. You can cure you.
— John Lennon
Maturity includes the recognition that no one is going to see anything in us that we don't see in ourselves. Stop waiting for a producer. Produce yourself.
— Marianne Williamson
Nothing can work me damage except myself. The harm that I sustain I carry about with me, and never am a real sufferer but by my own fault.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
If you make a choice that goes against what everyone else thinks, the world will not fall apart.
— Oprah Winfrey
Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
— Barack Obama
I am the master of my fate and the captain of my destiny.
— Nelson Mandela
A person doesn't demonstrate independence by rebelling. You do it by shouldering responsibilities, making wise, thoughtful decisions.
— Janette Oke
All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you'll be quite a lot!
— Dr. Seuss
More and more, when faced with the world of men, the only reaction is one of individualism. Man alone is an end unto himself. Everything one tries to do for the common good ends in failure.
— Albert Camus
Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.
— Albert Schweitzer