Quotes about Self-sufficiency

Lincoln himself once said, "The worst things you can do for those you love are the things they could and should do for themselves." He fiercely believed in self-sufficiency, and in the maturity and character that struggles and hardships can bring.

The worst things you can do for the ones you love are the things they could and should do for themselves"—and

I don't have a saviour or a royal family.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Have sufficient food, clothing, and fuel on hand to last at least one year.

There is no God, Nature sufficeth unto herself; in no wise hath she need of an author.

Never try to help God fulfill His word. Abram went through thirteen years of silence, but in those years all of his self-sufficiency was destroyed. He grew past the point of relying on his own common sense. Those years of silence were a time of discipline, not a period of God's displeasure.

Physical suffering exposes the delusion of personal autonomy and self-sufficiency

Rebellion is the inborn tendency to give in to the lies of autonomy, self-sufficiency, and self-focus. It results

You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”

Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,

On that day he will cry aloud: “I am not a healer. I have no food or clothing in my house. Do not make me leader of the people!”