Quotes About Self-sufficiency

We must look after our own before lining the pockets of overseas countries and investors.

The only person to look out for me is me. I've got to make sure Corey Clark is all right.

I would rather clean than beg.

I don't like collaborating too much.

I'm not really one for collaborations, to be quite honest.

I'm good at my own company.

I'm calm and composed, and I don't expect a lot from anyone.

I don't have to be concerned about everybody else's character.

If you want to surround yourself with a lot of people and be pampered then that is a decision you make yourself. Personally I don't do it and I don't feel the need to do it.

Since being quite young, I've had a very strong sense of independence and survival. As a child, I was on my own two feet emotionally.

So I always respected the guys who were trying to do it on their own without taking a handout from a big organization. They were trying to create their own thing, the DIY style, which is sort of always been my style, kind of a makeshift survival mode and really just kind of forging your own path.

President Trump was clear that keeping America First meant making sure we are not dependent on foreign adversaries for supplies and resources that are key to our survival.

I've always had to be a survivor, kind of a loner.

For most of America's history, people typically aspired to acquire 'a competency' rather than great riches. A competency meant the ability to comfortably sustain a household without depending on others. 'Competence' also meant being capable and reliable. The American Dream was that people who worked hard and capably could support their families.

I've never been able to feel that there is anything undignified about making your living by the sweat of your brow.

I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.

My dream is to become a farmer. Just a Bohemian guy pulling up his own sweet potatoes for dinner.

I'm not looking for sympathy at all.

I wasn't a person to cry or point fingers or find any sympathy.

I'm not a person who lives for sympathy.

Everything isn't about synergy.

local eating calls for more ingenuity and self-sacrifice in some places than in others.

Most survivors are cope-aholics, people who cope with whatever is thrown at them without reliance on others. They do not seek sympathy for their pain and feel undeserving if it is offered. They are especially adverse to sympathy from others.

We are free, truly free, when we don't need to rent our arms to anybody in order to be able to lift a piece of bread to our mouths.