Self Reliance Quotes

"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." "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." "Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else." "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." "A girl doesn't need anyone who doesn't need her" "Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice." "I don't like to feel like I'm some fragile package that has to be shipped by high-priority mail and handled with white gloves" "The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice" "I'm very independent." "The purpose of education, finally, is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions" "You can't get spoiled if you do your own ironing"