19 Best Self-Reliance Quotes

The gods help those who help themselves.

Salvation lies within. – Andy Dufresne (from the Bible)

You want some respect? Go out and get it for yourself. – Don Draper

You don't save me. I save me. – Kim Wexler

I don't know the answer. I never knew. I can only believe in myself. – Mikasa Ackerman

It’s not the magic you were born with that matters. It’s the magic you create with your own two hands. – Asta

I won't rely on luck. I'll create my own future with my own power! – Asta

I don't need a double. I'll do it myself. – Mima Kirigoe

No one was going to hand me my future. It was up to me to reach for my dream. – Ernesto de la Cruz

Don't ask for guarantees. And don't look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were heading for shore. – Faber

Our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

I wish you the sense to know when you're well off, and the courage to need no one. – The Ancestor

Fairy tales can come true, but you gotta make 'em happen. It all depends on you. – Tiana

I will be brave, thought Coraline. No, I am brave. – Coraline Jones

You have no power over me. – Sarah

Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it. – Malcolm X

I've had to learn to be my own hero. – Serena Williams

We have to move from 'Swavlamban' (self-reliance) to 'Swasambhav' (self-confidence). – Narendra Modi

We can't depend on the world to be our teacher. We have to teach ourselves. – Martin Scorsese