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2. “I was born to sell it as a kid. I think it's partially innate, and partly it's because my parents were always very clear: if I needed anything that wasn't a necessity, I was going to have to save my money and buy it myself. That meant not only did I have to buy basketball shoes, but I had to figure out how to pay for college as well.”
Mark Cuban
Sales, Upbringing, Responsibility, Self-reliance, Childhood
18. “For the first time in the history of the world, Buddhism proclaimed a salvation which each individual could gain from him or herself, in this world, during this life, without any least reference to God, or to gods either great or small.” Aldous Huxley Buddhism, Salvation, Individuality, Religion, Self-reliance, Spiritual Autonomy
19. “Ender Wiggin must believe that no matter what happens, no adult will ever, ever step in to help him in any way. He must believe, to the core of his soul, that he can only do what he and the other children work out for themselves. If he does not believe that, then he will never reach the peak of his abilities.” Orson Scott Card Self-reliance, Childhood, Potential, Belief, Independence, Psychological Conditioning
23. “Besides, I try to judge things for myself; to judge wrong, I think, is more honourable than not to judge at all. I don’t wish to be a mere sheep in the flock; I wish to choose my fate and know something of human affairs beyond what other people think it compatible with propriety to tell me.” Henry James Independent Thinking, Personal Judgment, Human Affairs, Self-Reliance, Individualism, Choosing Fate
24. “Yes. I’ll accept being called a snob when it comes to government. I’d like very much to be left alone to manage my own affairs in a live-and-let-live economy, I’d like for my state to be left alone to keep house without advice from the NAACP, which knows next to nothing about its business and cares less. That organization has stirred up more trouble in the past five years –.” Harper Lee Self-reliance, Independence, Politics, Criticism, Advocacy, Freedom
28. “We feel, perhaps unconsciously, that learning from Masters and submitting to their authority is somehow an indictment of our own natural ability. Even if we have teachers in our lives, we tend not to pay full attention to their advice, often preferring to do things our own way. In fact, we come to believe that being critical of Masters or teachers is somehow a sign of our intelligence, and that being a submissive pupil is a sign of weakness.” Robert Greene Learning Resistance, Authority Conflict, Self-reliance, Independence, Teacher Dynamics, Personal Growth
29. “Remember: your bosses prefer to keep you in dependent positions. It is in their interest that you do not become self-reliant, and so they will tend to hoard information. You must secretly work against this and seize this information for yourself.” Robert Greene Leadership Independence, Strategic Awareness, Workplace Strategy, Information Strategy, Ambition Success, Self-reliance
Self-Reliance Quotes by Famous Authors
2. “I was born to sell it as a kid. I think it's partially innate, and partly it's because my parents were always very clear: if I needed anything that wasn't a necessity, I was going to have to save my money and buy it myself. That meant not only did I have to buy basketball shoes, but I had to figure out how to pay for college as well.”
Mark Cuban Sales, Upbringing, Responsibility, Self-reliance, Childhood
18. “For the first time in the history of the world, Buddhism proclaimed a salvation which each individual could gain from him or herself, in this world, during this life, without any least reference to God, or to gods either great or small.”
Aldous Huxley Buddhism, Salvation, Individuality, Religion, Self-reliance, Spiritual Autonomy
19. “Ender Wiggin must believe that no matter what happens, no adult will ever, ever step in to help him in any way. He must believe, to the core of his soul, that he can only do what he and the other children work out for themselves. If he does not believe that, then he will never reach the peak of his abilities.”
Orson Scott Card Self-reliance, Childhood, Potential, Belief, Independence, Psychological Conditioning
23. “Besides, I try to judge things for myself; to judge wrong, I think, is more honourable than not to judge at all. I don’t wish to be a mere sheep in the flock; I wish to choose my fate and know something of human affairs beyond what other people think it compatible with propriety to tell me.”
Henry James Independent Thinking, Personal Judgment, Human Affairs, Self-Reliance, Individualism, Choosing Fate
24. “Yes. I’ll accept being called a snob when it comes to government. I’d like very much to be left alone to manage my own affairs in a live-and-let-live economy, I’d like for my state to be left alone to keep house without advice from the NAACP, which knows next to nothing about its business and cares less. That organization has stirred up more trouble in the past five years –.”
Harper Lee Self-reliance, Independence, Politics, Criticism, Advocacy, Freedom
28. “We feel, perhaps unconsciously, that learning from Masters and submitting to their authority is somehow an indictment of our own natural ability. Even if we have teachers in our lives, we tend not to pay full attention to their advice, often preferring to do things our own way. In fact, we come to believe that being critical of Masters or teachers is somehow a sign of our intelligence, and that being a submissive pupil is a sign of weakness.”
Robert Greene Learning Resistance, Authority Conflict, Self-reliance, Independence, Teacher Dynamics, Personal Growth
29. “Remember: your bosses prefer to keep you in dependent positions. It is in their interest that you do not become self-reliant, and so they will tend to hoard information. You must secretly work against this and seize this information for yourself.”
Robert Greene Leadership Independence, Strategic Awareness, Workplace Strategy, Information Strategy, Ambition Success, Self-reliance
