“I learned that the richness of life is found in adventure. . . . It develops self-reliance and independence. Life then teems with excitement. There is stagnation only in security.”
William Orville Douglas
“Discontent is want of self-reliance; it is infirmity of will”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward”
Patricia Sampson
“Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?”
Abdul Kalam
“I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself.”
Mikhail Baryshnikov
“Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?”
“Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance.”
Al Spalding