Self Reliance Quotes
These are some of the best 'Self Reliance' quotations and sayings.
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A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He does not say "My men were beaten," he says, "I was beaten."
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A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.
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A man who finds no satisfaction in himself, seeks for it in vain elsewhere.
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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An axe at home saves hiring a carpenter.
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As far as beauty is concerned, in order to be confident we must accept that the way we look and feel is our own responsibility.
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Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
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Be yourself and think for yourself; and while your conclusions may not be infallible, they will be nearer right than the conclusions forced upon you.
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Being bored is an insult to oneself.
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Blame yourself if you have no branches or leaves; don't accuse the sun of partiality.
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Champions take responsibility. When the ball is coming over the net, you can be sure I want the ball.
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Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be.
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Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice.
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Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances.
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Debt is a trap which man sets and baits himself, and then deliberately gets into.
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Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
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Discontent is want of self-discipline; it is infirmity of will.
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Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures.
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Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
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Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide against your conviction is to be an unqualified and excusable traitor, both to yourself and to your country, let men label you as they may.
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