Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes

I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for one good thing I can do.

I think self-reliance and self-responsibility and self-accountability will help you as a parent, a teacher, as a citizen as a friend.

Only by taking responsibility for oneself, to the greatest extent possible, can one ever be free, and only a free person can make responsible choices - between right and wrong, saving and spending, giving or taking.

People who truly understand what is meant by self-reliance know they must live their lives by ethics rather than rules.

There's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it.

I'm completely in charge of my own life now. Sometimes there's no one there to slap me on the hand and say: 'Stop being so bullish and bossy,' and things like that.

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

A lot of people tell me a lot of things about my conduct, my game, my future... but I try to stay away from their words of wisdom. I don't let it distract me. On the field, you will be facing the ball alone. If you fail, you will the only one to blame. So, you should be the one deciding for yourself.

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

I'm a man who makes his own decisions and sticks with them; I think there's a lot of integrity in that.

Self-reliance is not just words, but deeds.

I would say to you, have faith in yourself - believe in what you are doing, and, most important, be a person of integrity. It is totally up to you, and no one else, how your life evolves.

Why do I manage myself? I don't trust anyone else to do it, to be honest.

There are things one must do for oneself.

The people who founded America, who fought for its freedom, did not look to anyone else to get them out of their troubles. They took matters into their own hands and answered only to God and their peers. In today's world, sacrifice and hardship are not in the everyday language, and instant gratification is foremost.

The way I look at it, I'd rather make my own mistakes than have people make them for me.

Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone.

My dad has no control over who works with me. Me, me and me alone has to take responsibility for anything.

What is nice about this sport is that I am responsible for most everything.

We are ultimately alone in that we are ultimately responsible for ourselves.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.

I don't pay to have my dirty work done for me. I do it myself.

I have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.