William Wordsworth Quotes

There are things one must do for oneself.

I was always led to believe you should take care of yourself, trust in your abilities and you're the author of your own destiny.

The true woman will not be exponent of another, or allow another to be such for her. She will be her own individual self... Stand or fall by her own individual wisdom and strength.

Go fail or succeed on your own merits, be your own man.

I've learned not to buy into what other people say. I've learned not to put dreams in other people's hands.

Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be ye a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp; hold fast as a refuge to the truth. Look not for refuge to anyone besides yourselves.

The hand you hold the longest is your own.

nobody can save you but yourself. you will be put again and again into nearly impossible situations. they will attempt again and again through subterfuge, guise and force to make you submit, quit and/or die quietly inside. nobody can save you but yourself

A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.

She believed not in divine salvation but in the proposition that we poor mortals are fully capable of saving ourselves, if conditions and inclinations are right, and the evidence of this potential is found in the smallest of gestures, like the uncertain resting of a large hand on a bony shoulder.

Independence is the only gauge of human virtue and value. What a man is and makes of himself; not what he has or hasn’t done for others. There is no substitute for personal dignity.

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

You just have to do your own thing, no matter what anyone says. It's your life.

The divine is God's concern; the human, man's. My concern is neither the divine nor the human, not the true, good, just, free, etc., but solely what is 'mine,' and it is not a general one, but is - 'unique,' as I am unique. Nothing is more to me than myself!

Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.

Can't nothing make your life work if you ain't the architect.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

I run my own world, because I very firmly believe that my destiny, my future is in my hands and I don't want to blame anybody else for the path that I take.

I have a hard enough time speaking for myself - I don't pretend I can be a spokesman for anybody. I have no interest in playing that role.

A person's life is of their own making, and I take full responsibility for mine.

I believe I am the highest power, absolutely.

I think it's a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one's self.

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