Quotes about Self-sufficiency
Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.
— Samuel Johnson
In the 70s and 80s, I made a good living. Have managed my funds carefully, will never have to go out and cadge quarters from the tourists.
— WP Kinsella
We were poor when I was young but the difference was that the government didn't come around telling you you were poor.
— Ronald Reagan
There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves.
— Andrew Carnegie
You can't help the poor by becoming one of them.
— Brian Tracy
Don't depend on anyone too much. Even your shadow leaves when it's dark.
— Anonymous
A woman needs independence, not equality. In most cases, equality is a step down.
— Coco Chanel
It's not dependency that creates your future. It's independence that creates your better future.
— Jim Rohn
The danger of prosperity is that it encourages a false independence.
— William Barclay
Self-sufficiency, independence, the capacity to stand apart, to differ, to resist, and to defy-all are modes of being human.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
You cannot wait for someone to save you, to help you, to complete you. No one can complete you. You complete yourself.
— Oprah Winfrey
As a manager, you have to accept the fact that people will make mistakes, but not intentionally, and that mistakes are the price of learning and self-sufficiency.
— Jason Fried