Self Reliance Quotes

"As one goes through life one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe you don't move" "A man’s own judgment should be the final appeal in all that relates to himself" "Your self-worth is determined by you. You don't have to depend on someone telling you who you are." "I belong to nobody, hope it doesn't bother you" "All I got is myself and my music." "These problems were not created by government action, or government inaction. We created them, and only we can fix them" "A dame that knows the ropes isn’t likely to get tied up." "Never follow the crowd." "I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand." "Independence is happiness." "Confidence is everything. If you don’t believe in yourself, no one else will." "You have to be okay with the fact that sometimes you’re all you have." "Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another" "Nothing is given. Everything is earned." "To overcome the anxieties and depressions of contemporary life, individuals must become independent of the social environment to the degree that they no longer respond exclusively in terms of its rewards and punishments"