Quotes about Self-reliance
Let me admonish you, first of all, to go alone; to refuse the good models, even those most sacred in the imagination of men, and dare to love God without mediator or veil.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
If the single man plants himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abides, this huge world will come around to him.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Why should the way I feel depend on the thoughts in someone else's head?
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
But now we are a mob. Man does not stand in awe of man, nor is his genius admonished to stay at home, to put itself in communication with the internal ocean, but it goes abroad to beg a cup of water of the urns of other men.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
You think me the child of my circumstances: I make my circumstance.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nature is transcendental, exists primarily, necessarily, ever works and advances, yet takes no thought for the morrow.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do not cumber yourself with fruitless pains to mend and remedy remote effects; let the soul be erect, and all things will go well.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
If a person is constantly reading and absorbing the thoughts of others, their growth will be stunted. In order to fully develop, we need periods of solitude, self-inquiry, and recovery.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Hero is not fed on sweets Daily his own heart he eats
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Why ask for your daily bread when you own the bakery?
— Randy Alcorn
Knowledge and education in the hands of one who claims no higher accountability or authority than one's own individuality is power in the hands of a fool.
— Ravi Zacharias