Quotes About Self-sufficiency

Begging for help never gets you any.

Even a freerider requires a horse to ride;sellswords must have swords to sell.

I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free.

Instead of idleness, vanity, or an intellect formed by the spoon-feeding of others, my girls have acquired energy, industry, and independence.

I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home that answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog that growls every morning, a parrot that swears all afternoon, and a cat that comes home late at night.

Buffet: A French word that means "get up and get it yourself."

There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self.

I love being single. It's almost like being rich.

The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm.

Every tub must stand on its own bottom.

Independence is happiness.

Every man paddles his own canoe.

He who is plenteously provided for from within needs but little from without.

No external advantages can supply self-reliance. The force of one's being ... must come from within.

The proverb warns that "You should not bite that hand that feeds you." But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself.

The efficient man is the man who thinks for himself.

Learn to depend upon yourself by doing things in accordance with your own way of thinking.

Happiness belongs to those who are sufficient unto themselves. For all external sources of happiness and pleasure are, by their very nature, highly uncertain, precarious, ephemeral, and subject to chance.

The amount of satisfaction you get from life depends largely on your own ingenuity, self-sufficiency, and resourcefulness. People who wait around for life to supply their satisfaction usually find boredom instead.

I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was possible for me to execute myself.

But the fruit that can fall without shaking indeed is too mellow for me.

Give someone a fish and you feed them for a day; teach that person how to use the internet and they won't bother you for weeks.

Self-reliance is very excellent, but as for independence, there is no such thing.

I'm not putting up with this, she continued. You can't even go out and buy a solar system without worrying I'll fall apart. How are you supposed to get anything done? Actually, I'm not in the market for a solar system right at the moment.