Self Reliance Quotes - Page 13

• Sports constantly make demands on the participant for top performance, and they develop integrity, self-reliance and initiative. They teach you a lot about working in groups, without being unduly submerged in the group.

  Byron White

  Sports, Integrity, Self

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• I'm reverent from a distance.

  Janet Morris

  Distance, Ontology, Belief

  Janet Morris (1986). “Beyond Sanctuary”, Ace Books

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• The best things in life must come by effort from within, not by gifts from the outside.

  Fred Pierce Corson

  Humor, Things In Life, Effort

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• Solitude is an unavoidable part of creativity. Self-reliance is a happy by-product.

  Twyla Tharp

  Creativity, Self, Solitude

  Twyla Tharp, Mark Reiter (2003). “The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life”, Simon and Schuster

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• The revelation to store food may be as essential to our temporal salvation today as boarding the ark was to the people in the days of Noah.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Religious, Lds, People

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

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• All too often a family’s spending is governed more by their yearning than by their earning. They somehow believe that their life will be better if they surround themselves with an abundance of things. All too often all they are left with is avoidable anxiety and distress

  Joseph B. Wirthlin

  Religious, Believe, Anxiety

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• I learned early that the richness of life is found in adventure. Adventure calls on all the faculties of mind and spirit. It develops self-reliance and independence. Life then teems with excitement. But man is not ready for adventure unless he is rid of fear. For fear confines him and limits his scope. He stays tethered by strings of doubt and indecision and has only a small and narrow world to explore.

  William O. Douglas

  Adventure, Men, Richness Of Life

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• Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.

  T. S. Eliot

  Inspirational, Motivational, Truth

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• The long-term solution in preventing another famine in Somalia is to promote self-reliance.

  Hawa Abdi

  Self, Long, Somalia

  "The doctor undaunted by Somalia's insurgents" by Laila Ali, www.theguardian.com. August 23, 2011.

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• Self-confidence without self-reliance is as useless as a cooking recipe without food. Self-confidence sees the possibilities of the individual; self-reliance realizes them. Self-confidence sees the angel in the unhewn block of marble; self-reliance carves it out for oneself.

  William George Jordan

  Block, Angel, Self Confidence

  William George Jordan (2007). “The Majesty of Calmness”, p.21, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

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• The secret of fortune is joy in our hands. Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man. For him all doors are flung wide. Him all tongues greet, all honors crown, all eyes follow with desire. Our love goes out to him and embraces him because he did not need it.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Eye, Men, Doors

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1982). “Emerson: Selected Essays”, p.183, Penguin

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• Every father and mother are the family's store keepers. They should store whatever their family would like to have in case of an emergency...(and) God will sustain us through our trials.

  James E. Faust

  Mother, Religious, Father

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• Good health, longevity, happiness, a loving family, self-reliance, fine friends … if you [have] five, you’re a rich man….

  Thomas J. Stanley

  Men, Self, Rich

  Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko (1996). “The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy”, p.208, Government Institutes

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• Man is a stream whose source is hidden. Our being is descending into us from we know not whence.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Men, Source, Descending

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2009). “The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.237, Modern Library

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• There are no fixtures in nature. The universe is fluid and volatile. Permanence is but a word of degrees.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Degrees, Fixture, Fluid

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.93, Graphic Arts Books

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• We insist on producing a farm surplus, but think the government should find a profitable market for it. We overindulge in speculation, but ask the government to prevent panics. Now the only way to hold the government entirely responsible for conditions is to give up our liberty for a dictatorship. If we continue the more reasonable practice of managing our own affairs we must bear the burdens of our own mistakes. A free people cannot shift their responsibility for them to the government. Self-government means self-reliance.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Giving Up, Mistake, Responsibility

  Calvin Coolidge (1972). “Calvin Coolidge says: dispatches written by former-president Coolidge and syndicated to newspapers in 1930-1931 : gathered for issuance in book form on the one-hundredth anniversary of Mr. Coolidge's birth, 4 July 1972”

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• It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Patience, Cheating, Truth

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2016). “Essays”, p.49, Open Road Media

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• The poise of a plant, the bended tree recovering itself from the strong wind, the vital resources of every vegetable and animal, are also demonstrations of the self-sufficing, and therefore self-relying soul. All history from its highest to its trivial passages is the various record of this power.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Strong, Animal, Self

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• Here must thou be, O man, Strength to thyself - no helper hast thou here - Here keepest thou thy individual state: No other can divide with thee this work, No secondary hand can intervene To fashion this ability. 'Tis thine, The prime and vital principle is thine In the recesses of thy nature, far From any reach of outward fellowship, Else 'tis not thine at all.

  William Wordsworth

  Fashion, Men, Hands

  William Wordsworth (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Wordsworth (Illustrated)”, p.1104, Delphi Classics

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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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• Our country is great because it is built on principles of self-reliance, opportunity, innovation, and compassion for others.

  Ronald Reagan

  Country, Opportunity, Compassion

  Reagan, Ronald (1988). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1985”, p.765, Best Books on

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• The past is over... forget it. The future holds hope... reach for it.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Motivational, Past, Forget

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• The secret of all great undertakings is hard work and self-reliance

  Gustavus Franklin Swift

  Inspirational, Motivation, Hard Work

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• The principle of self-reliance grows out of a fundamental doctrine of the Church, that of agency. Just as each individual is accountable for his choices and actions in spiritual matters, so also is he accountable in temporal matters. It is through our own efforts and decisions that we earn our way in this life. While the Lord will magnify us in both subtle and dramatic ways, he can only guide our footsteps when we move our feet. Ultimately, our own actions determine our blessings or lack of them. It is a direct consequence of both agency and accountability.

  Marion G. Romney

  Spiritual, Moving, Blessing

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• I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Self Esteem, Being Single, Care

  Charlotte Bronte (2015). “Jane Eyre, an Autobiography: Top 100 Classic Novels”, p.398, 谷月社

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