Stefan Zweig Quotes

You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.

I know that I can do myself better than anybody else can.

My first vehicle I had to buy it myself and work to get it. My dad was really hard on me.

You live and you learn, man. I've learned you can't wait on anybody. You have to raise your awareness yourself.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

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

I have to do things for myself, and if those standards are set high, then it's up to me to pass or fail.

Instead of being taught independence, energy, and enterprise, our youth today is taught to look for security.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

The big things I've had are things I bought myself.

Being able to take care of myself is something that my mom really instilled in me.

Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.

The same independence that got me into trouble in high school got me praise in college.

Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.

It's not what your parents give you. It's what you do with your own stuff.

If you want something, you can't wait for someone to make it happen for you.

I didn't want my parents to support me. I wanted to prove that I could do it by myself.

Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.

Sometimes people need a kick in the pants to get them to do what they would be doing if government weren't there as a perpetual parent.

You've got a lot of very, very smart people standing by waiting for somebody else to do the work. Not a recipe for long-term solvency in my opinion.

If you want to do something, just do it. No one is going to do it for you.

No, I think it taught me to be independent and never expect a handout and never wait for anybody to hand you anything in any aspect of my life.

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.

My father felt that children should make their own way.

Learn to bet on yourself and have confidence in your own decisions. No one knows your business better than you.