Quotes About Self-sufficiency

Men exist because a vibrator can't fix a flat tire. On second thought, I should just buy a AAA card...

I always considered myself a loner. I mean, not like a poor-me, Byron-esque, I-should-have-brought-a-swimming-buddy loner. I mean the sort of person who doesn't feel too upset about the prospect of a weekend spent seeing no one, and reading good books on the couch. It wasn't like I was a people hater or anything. I enjoyed activities and the company of friends. But they were a side dish. I always thought I would be happy without them.

the older men who had asked neither favors nor assistance from anyone. They had settled their own problems in their own way or died trying, and if they died, no survivor had ever looked to the law for redress. Andy

So that she would not have to stop for food she kept a hard-boiled egg on the passenger seat of the Corvette.

She did not want to court further appraisal by asking anyone for anything.

I liked my floaty, superior life more than I could have admitted. I liked the remote spaces I was settling into. I liked looking down from above — the calm of it. I kept this preference to myself. Mostly.

I had not asked to be rescued, true, but that did not mean I didn't need saving.

People should not expect to eat if they did not work.

Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice.

I want a house that has gotten over all its troubles I don't want to spend the rest of my life bringing up a young and inexperienced house.

When I die my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills.

If I end up having a novel that sells really well and that allows me to pay for health insurance and mortgage without having to work at a day job, that would be great.

When you stumble, pick yourself up! Never wait for someone to pick and get you back to life. After all, you were born alone, single and strong. Remember that

She ain't crying over no ni... she ain't weak man, the kinda bi... that put a real ni... on his feet man.

I don't depend on people anymore because I'm tired of being disappointed.

Sometimes its better to be independent, then to be getting screwed over.

I hate when people talk about being independent. Last time I checked you're still living under your moms roof and living off of her paycheck.

Being taken care of is nice. Taking care of yourself is even better.

I hate being so independent, I never ask for help when I need to.

I love being independent and knowing I only can rely on myself in life! Guys need to act right or get lost.

I honestly had such a good night just doing sh.. by myself. I don't know why people stopped being independent. Thinking for yourself is nice.

The women that's always talking about being independent are usually the ones that are single or the ones that got a scrub.

It would be nice if you could rely on others, but whatever your always better off being independent.

I do what I want when I want, being independent doing it for myself.