A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
—Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Showing posts with label self reliance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label self reliance. Show all posts
Sunday, November 19, 2023
Sunday, August 27, 2023
Thursday, July 12, 2018
Post #2609
No man should part with his own individuality and become that of another.
—William Ellery Channing
—William Ellery Channing
Tuesday, July 05, 2016
Post #2112
Scratch yourself with your own nails; always do your own business, and when you intend asking for a service, go to a person who can appreciate your merit.
—Arabic Proverb
—Arabic Proverb
Tuesday, November 03, 2015
Post #1937
Of all the elements of success none is more vital than self reliance,—a determination to be one's own helper, and not to look to others for support. It is the secret of all individual growth and vigor, the master key that unlocks all difficulties in every profession or calling.
—William Matthews
—William Matthews
Tuesday, September 01, 2015
Post #1892
Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there.
—Marcus Aurelius
—Marcus Aurelius
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Monday, August 18, 2014
Post #1621
Opposition is what we want and must have, to be good for anything. Hardship is the native soil of manhood and self-reliance.
—John Neal
—John Neal
Wednesday, April 09, 2014
Post #1518
Watch over yourself. Be your own accuser, then your judge ; ask yourself grace sometimes, and, if there is need, impose upon yourself some pain.
—Seneca
—Seneca
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Post #1265
Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers.
—Sir John Reynolds
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Friday, May 18, 2012
Post #954
You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.
—Irish proverb
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Post #931
The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.
—Robert M. Pirsig
—Robert M. Pirsig
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Post #831
Gamblin's my nature, Ramblin's my game. Deal me out your hardest card. I'll win this God Damn game.
—Woody Guthrie
—Woody Guthrie
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Post #654
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control,
These three alone lead to sovereign power.
—from Oenone, Alfred Lord Tennyson
These three alone lead to sovereign power.
—from Oenone, Alfred Lord Tennyson
Friday, July 01, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Thursday, September 23, 2010
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
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