John Henrik Clarke Quotes

I think many times we charge the Lord for things we can do ourselves. If only we realized how well we have been equipped.

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

The only person who is going to give you security and the life you want is you.

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

I'm of the school of thought where if you can't sort something out for yourself then no one can help you.

My mother often told us that it is a poor dog that will not wag its own tail.

Not one person can make or break what I'm doing, except me or God.

I've got the ability to control my destiny, and I take pride in that.

In this life, you have to be your own hero.

Don't anoint me when you can anoint yourself.

In the absence of government each man learns to think, to act for himself, without counting on the support of an outside force which, however vigilant one supposes it to be, can never answer all social needs. Man, thus accustomed to seek his well-being only through his own efforts, raises himself in his own opinion as he does in the opinion of others; his soul becomes larger and stronger at the same time.

Never ask God to provide for you what you can provide for yourself. Get up and go get it because God will only provide what you can't.

For one cannot assume that God exists to help people who are too cowardly and too lazy to help themselves and think that God exists only to make up for the weakness of mankind. He does not exist for that purpose. He has always, at all times, blessed only those who were prepared to fight their own battles.

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.

A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to our mental health, and our success, that we take control.

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

The idea that somebody else is going to swoop down and play the fairy godmother role is pretty unlikely, so why not take care of yourself?

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.

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

All I've ever needed is myself.

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

I am responsible for me. I can kind of take care of what I need to do and should do what I like to do.

I sleep at night; I do not think about anything. I put everything in my bag and go to sleep. Whatever you can do to me, it does not affect me. I started my life, my own life. I did not inherit it.

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.