Quotes about Self-sufficiency
Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us.
— Abraham Lincoln
I was not pleased to be sent from my mother, but I occupied myself, a skill learned by children who must sometimes act older than their age.
— Alice Hoffman
Every man shall bear his own burden.
— Anonymous
The best advice is this: Don't take advice and don't give advice.
— Anonymous
By God's grace, I'm not hungry for publicity, God has given me enough to fend for myself.
— Sangram Singh
Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.
— Ronald Reagan
Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.
— Samuel Johnson
In the 70s and 80s, I made a good living. Have managed my funds carefully, will never have to go out and cadge quarters from the tourists.
— WP Kinsella
We were poor when I was young but the difference was that the government didn't come around telling you you were poor.
— Ronald Reagan
There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves.
— Andrew Carnegie
You can't help the poor by becoming one of them.
— Brian Tracy
Don't depend on anyone too much. Even your shadow leaves when it's dark.
— Anonymous