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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."

A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.

A man who finds no satisfaction in himself, seeks for it in vain elsewhere.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

An axe at home saves hiring a carpenter.

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.

Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.

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.

Being bored is an insult to oneself.

Blame yourself if you have no branches or leaves; don't accuse the sun of partiality.

Champions take responsibility. When the ball is coming over the net, you can be sure I want the ball.

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.

Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice.

Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances.

Debt is a trap which man sets and baits himself, and then deliberately gets into.

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.

Discontent is want of self-discipline; it is infirmity of will.

Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures.

Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.

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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