Quotes about self-reliance

"God loves to help him who strives to help himself."

Aeschylus on self-reliance
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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."

Aquinas, St. Thomas on self-reliance   

"No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods."

Demosthenes on self-reliance   

"This gives force to the strong -- that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance or original action."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on self-reliance   

"The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on self-reliance   

"No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on self-reliance
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"Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on self-reliance   

"The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone."

Ibsen, Henrik on self-reliance
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"If it is to be, it is up to me."

Johnsen, William H. on self-reliance   

"Help yourself, and Heaven will help you."

La Fontaine, Jean De on self-reliance   

"God helps them that help themselves."

Proverb on self-reliance   

"At the bottom no one in life can help anyone else in life; this one experiences over and over in every conflict and every perplexity: that one is alone. That isn't as bad as it may first appear; and again it is the best thing in life that each should have everything in himself; his fate, his future, his whole expanse and world."

Rilke, Rainer Maria on self-reliance
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"No one can be great, or good, or happy except through the inward efforts of themselves."

Robertson, Frederick W. on self-reliance   

"Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward."

Sampson, Patricia on self-reliance
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"God the almighty and all terrible, who expects us to do something to help ourselves."

Serrity, Dorothy on self-reliance   

"You make yourself and others suffer just as much when you take offense as when you give offense Ken Keys, JR The more you depend on forces outside yourself, the more you are dominated by them."

Sherman, Harold on self-reliance   

"Chance never helps those who do not help themselves."

Sophocles on self-reliance   

"You can't get spoiled if you do your own ironing."

Streep, Meryl on self-reliance   

"Depend not on another, but lean instead on thyself. True happiness is born of self-reliance."

The Laws of Manu on self-reliance   

"There's no one to stop you but yourself."

Thomas, David on self-reliance   

"The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm."

Unknown, Source on self-reliance   

"No one's gonna drag you up to get into the light where you belong."

Unknown, Source on self-reliance   

"Everyone is a self-made person, but only the successful admit it."

Unknown, Source on self-reliance