Self-Reliance

No one is free who is not master of himself. Pythagoras

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. Leo Tolstoy

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired and success achieved. Helen Keller

I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions.

do your work, and I shall know you. Do your work, and you shall reinforce yourself.

If an American is to amount to anything he must rely upon himself, and not upon the State; he must take pride in his own work, instead of sitting idle to envy the luck of others. He must face life with resolute courage, win victory if he can, and accept defeat if he must, without seeking to place on his fellow man a responsibility which is not thei

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.

It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.

You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself. Galileo

It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.