Abraham Lincoln Quotes

Next time I'll be braver, I'll be my own savior, Standing on my own two feet.

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

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

Freedon succeeds from the moment people stop looking to others to improve their lives and start taking responsibility.

If you want sense, you'll have to make it yourself.

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

If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone.

A strenuous effort must be made to train young people to think for themselves and take independent charge of their lives.

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?

Hero shows you how to solve the problem - yourself.

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

The lesson that people can't give me what they don't have, and if there's anything I took from it, it was: okay, I don't really expect anyone to hand me anything. There's going to be me and the world.

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.

Every people should be originators of their own destiny.

We become strong, I feel, when we have no friends upon whom to lean, or to look to for moral guidance.

It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'

Years ago I learned to be totally responsible for Dionne Warwick. I will not wait for opportunities. I will create them.

I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.

The song 'Wolf Eyes,' I wrote because I felt like I was such a kitten. I want to be more of a wolf. I want to be stronger and more independent. I sort of wrote the song for that.

Carefully avoid all undertakings which depends on others; but let him eagerly pursue that which depends on himself.

You want to create your own path, no matter what situation you're in.

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

I thought I was weak and couldn't be on my own. But actually, I can do it; I just need to be a bit braver.

I joined the army because I was a very self-sufficient young man. I always wanted to stand on my own two feet.

Exercises cultivated self-reliance - the foundation of courage.