Quotes About Self-sufficiency

My dad was amazing. He raised five boys. All by himself. Without the rest of us knowing.

I guess if you are making more money than your mom and dad, you can set your own boundaries.

I'm not interested in serial dating; I'd honestly rather be single.

Self-sufficiency which first reared its head in the Garden of Eden, is the most fatal sin because it pulls us as if by a magnet that their lack of self-sufficiency is obvious to them every day. They must turn somewhere for strength, and sometimes they go through life relying on their natural gifts. But there's a chance, just a chance, that people who lack such natural advantages may cry out to God in their time of need.

Self-sufficiency, which first reared its head in the Garden of Eden, is the most fatal sin because it pulls us as if by a magnet away from God.

She flashed me a quick black glance and then her dark eyelashes swept down on her cheeks. 'Not me,' she said 'I make my own plans. I don't risk being taken up and dropped again.' 'You told me to risk it.' I reminded her. 'That was for you,' she said 'I would not live my life as you live yours. You would always do as you were bid. I am not like you. I make my own way.

A woman needs to be economically independent more than she needs a lover or a child.

It is only just that anything that grows up on its own should feel it has nothing to repay for an upbringing which it owes no one.

The good is twice described in the Philebus as perfect, self- sufficient and seeked by all conscious beings. And the good does not have a contrary: it is not the one end of a scale whose evil would be the other end; it is a measure on any scale. Taken from Bernard Suzanne Plato and his dialogues Pursuing Goodness or the Good. Updated Nov 21, 1998

I'm not a wilting flower, unless that gets me extraspecial treats.

There's an alone that calls out for rescue—but this appeared to be an alone that wanted to be left alone.

Taciturnity sometimes could be a sign of a healthy ego that did not require constant gratification

never come across a footprint other than one of her own.

didn't come for a loan," Mitch assured him. "In every species of animal, the primary obligation of parents is to teach self-sufficiency to their offspring. The prey must learn evasion, and the predator must learn to hunt.

We're not our brother's keeper, Joseph. In fact, it's an insult to our brother to presume he can't take care of himself.

Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring.

And you know bloody well that you mostly cant help them anyway; they've got to do it--or not--themselves.

What I meant is that he has Ã¢â'¬Â¦Ã¢â'¬Â He hesitated, not quite sure how to put it into words. "… a sense of himself that is quite separate from what society demands. He is inclined to make his own rules.

If needs must, she could do those things for herself-or find another man. And yet...she needed him-would mourn his loss if it came. Perhaps forever. In his present vulnerable mood, that knowledge seemed a great gift.

And I—so proud of self-sufficiency at one time—could not bear the thought of loneliness again.

I said I don't propose to die," William assured him. "And I don't need help.

I don't idolize anyone or aspire to be like anyone.

I have never asked anyone for an assignment; never asked a producer or a director for a role.

I used to make my own food and ate on my own in my room.