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Self-sufficiency Quotes
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It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain for himself.
Be yourself and think for yourself; and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the conclusions forced upon you by those who have a personal interest in keeping you in ignorance.
Formal learning can teach you a great deal, but many of the essential skills in life are the ones you have to develop on your own.
A great maxim of personal responsibility and mature achievement-Do It Yourself-is now the enthroned cliche for being occupied with nonessentials.
Who cannot resolve upon a moment's notice To live his own life, he forever lives A slave to others.
A learned man is not learned in all things; but a sufficient man is sufficient throughout, even to ignorance itself.
A wise man never loses anything if he have himself.
I care not so much what I am in the opinion of others, as what I am in my own; I would be rich of myself, and not by borrowing.
I do my intellectual work inside myself, and once I am with my fellow creatures it is more or less a matter of indifference to me whether or not they are intelligent as long as they are kind, sincere, etc.
Whatever the time or circumstances, the feeling that I am a peasant gives me a rare self-sufficiency. Indeed, the land is always there. I can go back to it at any time.
Diplomacy Quote
There are times when even the greatest tactician in diplomatic cunning is outclassed in his own game. It is then that he discovers that all that he thought he had gained is but loss, and that what is left of national honor and dignity is but the shadow of an illustrious past that is gone forever, or of a potentially great future that will never come.
Life Quote
Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.
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