Quotes About Self-sufficiency

People who didn't need people needed people around to know that they were the kind of people who didn't need people.

I will not bond. I will not share. I refuse to nurture.

i'm only an independent woman when there's nothing heavy to carry

...as the old saying goes: if you teach a man to fish, he will feed himself for a lifetime. But if you just give him a fishing pole, he'll have to teach himself.

As long as we require someone else to make us happy, we are slaves.

Independence cannot be real if a nation depends upon gifts.

A woman needs independence, not equality. In most cases, equality is a step down.

Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.

Teenagers crave independence. The more self-suf-ficient we make them feel, the less hostile they are toward us.

The essence of independence is to be able to do something for one's self.

Human dignity ... is derived from a sense of independence.

You need to learn independence. You have to be independent - it builds character.

No one can be free unless he is independent... In reality, he who is served is limited in his independence.

Economic independence is the foundation of the only sort of freedom worth a damn

The danger of prosperity is that it encourages a false independence.

True independence is not a gift to be received. It can't be a hand-out to people. It must be an achievement by the people.

Self-sufficiency, independence, the capacity to stand apart, to differ, to resist, and to defy-all are modes of being human.

The first of earthly blessings, independence.

This state of independence shall be!

I like to be able to do things on my own. I'm a big boy. I can drive myself to an appearance or get on a plane. I like a little bit of independence...

One must know how to conserve oneself- the best test of independence.

All great enterprises are self-supporting.

I always had a very strong sense of independence.

I've always had great independence on everything I've done. Nobody's ever told me not to do anything.