The famous aphorisms about self-reliance are as follows:

1. Without going through wind and rain, a tree cannot grow into a big tree; without being tempered a hundred times, it is difficult to become steel. ——Lei Feng

2. Have the courage to be your true self, stand alone, and don’t want to be someone else. ——Lin Yutang

3. The past belongs to death, and the future belongs to you. ——Shelley

4. You must be a brave young man and don't make a fuss over trivial matters. You know, weak people have a hard time in this world. ——Pengtopidan

5. The prime years will never come back again, and it is difficult to get back to the morning every day. It is timely to encourage yourself, and time waits for no one. ——Tao Qian

6. Don’t bother others with things you can do yourself. ——Leo Tolstoy

7. People, you should rely on your own strength. ——Beethoven

8. People say that life is very short. I think it is they themselves who make life so short. Since they are not good at using life, they complain in turn that time passes too quickly; but I think that for their kind of life, time passes too slowly. ——Rousseau

9. According to my observation, most people emerge in the time wasted by others. ——Ford