Yann Martel Quotes

She was afraid, but she couldn't just sit around waiting for someone to save her. She had to try to save herself, try to figure it out.

We must give up the silly idea of folding our hands and waiting on God to do everything for us. If God had intended for that, then he would not have given us a mind. Whatever you want in life, you must make up your mind to do it for yourself.

Don't ask for guarantees. And don't look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were heading for shore.

Remember that you are not a damsel in distress, waiting for some prince to rescue you. Forget that prince. With your brain and your resourcefulness, you can rescue yourself.

in freeing myself from the romantic dream of finding another man to come along and rescue me, I learned that no one can rescue me except myself.

I cant save you, you have to save yourself.

It's a mistake not to give people a chance to learn to depend on themselves while they are young.

We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds... A nation of men will for the first time exist, because each believes himself inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men.

Life helps those who help themselves.

I think that you're just as close to Jesus if you use the equipment he gave you other than to call on him to do for you what you can do for yourself.

People don't save other people. People save themselves.

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

There are things one must do for oneself.

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

I always knew that I would have to make it on my own somehow.

If the national government doesn't fix your problem, you've got a problem. You've got to fix it yourself. That's just part of the American way.

I would rather clean than beg.

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.

If someone else isn't making it happen for you, make it happen yourself.

From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.

I've lost jobs before; I've had contracts not renewed, and it didn't get me down. I didn't get upset; I just keep it moving. That has always been the case, and that will always be the case. You must look out for you.

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

Never count on the crowd to take care of you.

I know I have great inner strength; I always have. I can blank things out, cut people out, and I know that I can go and live in a cave on my own if necessary.

You have to hold your bloody own or you're lost.