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• He cumbers himself never about consequences, about interests; he gives an independent, genuine verdict. You must court him: he does not court you. But the man is, as it were, clapped into jail by his consciousness.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Independent, Men, Jail

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2008). “The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.11, Penguin

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• Baseball gives ... a growing boy self-poise and self-reliance. Baseball is a man maker.

  Albert Goodwill Spalding

  Baseball, Boys, Men

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

  Aeschylus

  Love, God, Helping Others

  Aeschylus (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated)”, p.419, Delphi Classics

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• My life is for itself and not for a spectacle.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Self Reliance, Life Is

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). “The Portable Emerson: New Edition”, p.120, Penguin

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• Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?

  Abdul Kalam

  Respect, Self Esteem, Judging

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• To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together... humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self.

  William Wordsworth

  Humble, Character, Two

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• The basis of good manners is self-reliance.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Self, Good Man, Manners

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.413

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• God will not have his work made manifest by cowards

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Faith, Courage, Work

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.242, Рипол Классик

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• A secure individual...knows that the responsibility for anything concerning his life remains with himself-and he accepts that responsibility.

  Harry Browne

  Responsibility, Self Reliance, Individual

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• It is easy to see that a greater self-reliance must work a revolution in all the offices and relations of men; in their religion; in their education; in their pursuits; their modes of living; their association; in their property; in their speculative views.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Men, Self, Views

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1287, Delphi Classics

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• Self reliance, the height and perfection of man, is reliance on God.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Men, Self, Perfection

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1808). “Select Essays and Poems”, p.111

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• Let us avoid debt as we would avoid a plague...Let every head of every household see to it that he has on hand enough food and clothing, and, where possible, fuel also, for at least a year ahead...Let every head of household aim to own his own home, free from mortgage. Let us again clothe ourselves with these proved and sterling virtues-honesty, truthfulness, chastity, sobriety, temperance, industry, and thrift; let us discard all covetousness and greed.

  J. Reuben Clark

  Religious, Honesty, Home

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• The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Giving, Self Reliance, Helping

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• When good is near you, when you have life in yourself, it is not by any known or accustomed way; you shall not discern the foot-prints of any other; you shall not see the face of man; you shall not hear any name; the way, the thought, the good, shall be wholly strange and new. It shall exclude example and experience.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Men, Names, Feet

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “Self-Reliance and Other Essays”, p.29, Courier Corporation

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• I read the other day some verses written by an eminent painter which were original and not conventional. The soul always hears an admonition in such lines, let the subject be what it may. The sentiment they instil is of more value than any thought they may contain. To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, - that is genius.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Believe, Heart, Men

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.259, Library of America

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• Nature suffers nothing to remain in her kingdom which cannot help itself.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Self Reliance, Suffering, Kingdoms

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1954). “The Power of Emerson's Wisdom”

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• Let a stoic open the resources of man, and tell men they are not leaning willows, but can and must detach themselves; that with the exercise of self-trust, new powers shall appear.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Exercise, Men, Self

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). “The Annotated Emerson”, p.178, Harvard University Press

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• Humility is the part of wisdom, and is most becoming in men. But let no one discourage self-reliance; it is, of all the rest, the greatest quality of true manliness.

  Lajos Kossuth

  Wisdom, Humility, Men

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• If we expected self-reliance of family groups, if we expected hardiness and resilience and initiative on the part of individuals, and if we rewarded initiative instead of dependence on government, we would not only ameliorate many of the family-related social problems we see at present, but we would also reduce our vulnerability to terrorism. People who are hardy, resilient, and self reliant are a lot harder to terrorize.

  Bernard Levin

  Government, Self, People

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• Freedom comes from strength and self-reliance

  Lisa Murkowski

  Self, Self Reliance, Absolute Freedom

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

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Self Esteem, Pride, Light

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1886). “Lectures and Biographical Sketches”

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

  Henrik Ibsen

  Strength, Loneliness, Men

  Henrik Ibsen (2016). “An Enemy of the People”, p.125, Henrik Ibsen

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• Virtues are, in the popular estimate, rather the exception than the rule. There is the man and his virtues.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Men, Self Reliance, Virtue

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). “The Annotated Emerson”, p.166, Harvard University Press

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• though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Self Reliance, Toil, Plot

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.26, Graphic Arts Books

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• These are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Voice, Solitude, Self Reliance

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “Self-Reliance and Other Essays”, p.21, Courier Corporation

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