Search results
- DictionarySelf-re·li·ance/ˈˌsɛlf rəˈlaɪəns/
noun
- 1. reliance on one's own powers and resources rather than those of others.
noun
"Self-Reliance" is an 1841 essay written by American transcendentalist philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. It contains the most thorough statement of one of his recurrent themes: the need for each person to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his or her own instincts and ideas. It is the source of one of his most famous quotations: Wikipedia