Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old self reliance quotes, self reliance sayings, and self reliance proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
No one's gonna drag you up to get into the light where you belong.unknown
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The efficient man is the man who thinks for himself.CharlesW. Eliot
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Every man's in his own hands, with a little help from his brothers.Janet Morris
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Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books;
live with the mighty. But learn to be happy alone. Rely upon your
own energies, and so not wait for, or depend on other people.Thomas Davidson
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The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm.unknown
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If it is to be, it is up to me. William H. Johnsen
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There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self.John Gay
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The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.Mahatma Gandhi
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Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.Patricia Sampson
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The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone. Henrik Ibsen
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The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I listen with attention to the judgement of all men; but so far as I can remember, I have followed none but my own.Michel de Montaigne
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If you think you can do it, or you think you can't do it, You are right.Henry Ford
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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Don't compromise yourself. You're all you've got.Janis Joplin
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If you lead me astray, then my wanderings will bring me to my destination.Michael Bassey Johnson
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You don't have to worry about burning bridges, if you're building your own.Kerry E. Wagner
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Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.Sophocles
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Learn to depend upon yourself by doing things in accordance with your own thinking.Grenville Kleiser
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The proverb warns that, "You should not bite the hand that feeds you." But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself.Thomas Stephen Szasz
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Expect more from yourself than from others.unknown
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No one can be great, or good, or happy except through the inward efforts of themselves.Frederick W. Robertson
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The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.Thomas Aquinas
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No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Behind every successful woman is herself.unknown
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There's no one to stop you but yourself. David Thomas
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Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.John Stuart Mill
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If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them.Michael Bassey Johnson
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Don't ask of your friends what you yourself can do.Quintus Ennius