Self Reliance Quotes

"If you're watching your competitors, you're unlikely to invent a bunch of stuff on your own." "Happiness depends upon ourselves." "You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you" "In this life, it’s not what you hope for, it’s not what you deserve—it’s what you take!" "It’s your road, and yours alone, others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you." "If you don’t believe in yourself, no one will do it for you." "I create my own path. It was straight and narrow. I looked at it this way—you were either in my way or out of it." "I do not seek. I find. " "Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others." "Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except your self." "If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone." "No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path." "Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up." "When you want to talk about who made me, you talk to me. Who made me, is me." "Two hand philosophy. If I can’t earn it, then I don’t want it. My hands might be calloused up and scarred up with a knuckle or two missing (poor punching form;) but they’re mine and serve as my daily anchors for puttin’ in the work." "To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself." "Blessed are those who do not fear solitude, who are not afraid of their own company, who are not always desperately looking for something to do, something to amuse themselves with, something to judge." "You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself." "It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves." "The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom."