Self Reliance Quotes

"If you're watching your competitors, you're unlikely to invent a bunch of stuff on your own." "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." "I ain't lookin' down, but I see no one above me" "I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together." "Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else." "Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." "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." "It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves." "You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself." "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." "To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself." "It’s your road, and yours alone, others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you." "When you want to talk about who made me, you talk to me. Who made me, is me." "Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up." "No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path." "If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone." "Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except your self." "Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others." "I do not seek. I find. " "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."