Everyone is respected for his or her own abilities. [Ancient Greece] Aesop: "Aesop's Fables: The Hunter and the Wolf"

Relying wholeheartedly on oneself and having everything within oneself, if such a person is not happy, who can you believe? Woolen cloth? [Ancient Rome] Cicero: "Reflection"

There are too many people to rely on. You have to rely on yourself to survive. [French] Napoleon: "Essences"

Help yourself, and the king will help you. [French] Romain Rolland: "Gola Brenon"

There are many beautiful and outstanding things in the world, but they are not dependent on each other. [Germany] Goethe: "Collection of Goethe's Maxims and Reflections"

It is better to rely on your own strength to eat than to take anything from others in vain. [Russian] Karamzin: "The Miserable Lisa"

He is the God who dominates everything. Independence is the foundation of life. [Kuwait] Munir Nasuf

Everyone wants to rely on the strong, but the only one who can really rely on is himself. [Japan] Tokuda Torao: "The Philosophy of Action that Produces Miracles"

It is up to oneself to do good or bad. [Middle] Zuo Qiuming: "Zuo Zhuan? The 20th Year of Duke Xi"

The past life cannot be reached, and the next life cannot be waited for, so those who seek for themselves are the ones who seek for themselves. 〔中〕Wei Liao: "Wei Liaozi? Treating the root cause"

A scholar should seek to improve himself, not others. [Chinese] Zhang Yanghao: "Advice to Herdsmen"

Learning to be self-confident and self-reliant cannot be achieved by relying on the world. [Middle] Deng Dingyu: "The Case of Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty"

Those who can stand on their own must have bones. [Chinese] Li Zhe: "Book Burning"

Stupidity makes us accustomed to living by other people's purposes instead of our own. [Ancient Rome] Plutarch: "Ethics"

A mansion built on someone else's ground, because of the wrong direction of status, all the hard work was completely in vain. [English] Shakespeare: "The Merry Wives of Windsor"

Living on other people's bread, but this kind of bread is really hard to swallow! [Su] Gorky: "My University"

People who do not have independent courage are always dependent and do evil. [Japan] Fukuzawa Yukichi: "Encouraging Learning"

Those who do not have an independent spirit must rely on others; those who rely on others must be afraid of others; those who fear others must flatter others. [Day] Fukuzawa Yukichi: "Encouragement to Learning"

A righteous person is like a pine or cypress, standing upright without relying on anything; an evil person is like a vine, unable to stand up without relying on other things. [Middle] "Zizhi Tongjian? Tang Ji"

Since you are a stranger, you have a physique, and you are all at ease, who will feed you. [Chinese] Lu Desheng: "Children's Talk"

It's too dangerous to leave your destiny to others, or even to one or two people. You don't use your brain at all and just trust others. [Chinese] Ba Jin: "Random Thoughts"

"Accidental" will not help those who are not well prepared. [French] Bastan: "Occasionally"

If anyone wants to be well for himself, he must use his own brain and care for himself - no one else can replace him. [Russian] Chernyshevsky: "What to Do"

To be self-reliant and self-respecting, you cannot follow others' footsteps or learn their words. [Middle] Lu Jiuyuan: "Collected Quotations of Lu Jiuyuan"

There are many people who can stand on their own feet, and there are also many people who fail. [Chinese] Tang Bin: "Quotations from Tang Zi's Posthumous Letter"

Although gleaning is beneficial, it is not as good as plowing. [Middle] Shi Runzhang: "Poems of Warning"

Scholars have the ambition to be self-reliant and should break away from popular customs and not drift around in the world. [Chinese] Tang Bin: "Quotations from Tang Zi's Suicide Note"

Young people are more valuable for being able to stand on their own feet, and it is especially important for them to be able to work together with the elderly; for the elderly, it is important for them to be self-reliant, and it is especially important for them to be able to harmonize with the youth. [Chinese] Li Dazhao: "Youth and the Old"