Quotes About Self-sufficiency

People have said I'm a puppet, an instrument of my grandfather, but I think they quickly realised that I'm my own person, that I have autonomy in my actions. I think they rapidly realised I could look after myself.

I'm very realistic about who's coming to my defense. I am my defense.

Living off the grid and being kind of an outlaw brings a dangerous reality.

It was important to me and, I think, important to my parents that I be on my own and figure things out on my own and kind of forge my own path, and I'm really grateful for that.

As long as you have a firm foundation elsewhere and don't depend on other people to make you feel good or bad, then I think Twitter can be a great thing.

Protect yourself like you would your cubs - as a grown woman, you're no one's cub anymore.

I'm a grown man.

I always felt my emancipation into truly being a grown-up was when I had to figure out how to fold up a king-size fitted bottom sheet on my own.

I've never had a couch that needed to be cleaned or learned how to couch-clean in general. That feels too grown-up.

If I am to truly become an autonomous woman, then I must take over that role of being my own guardian.

When I die, I will not be guilty of having left a generation of girls behind thinking that anyone can tend to their emotional health other than themselves.

This whole generation of parents - I'm guilty of it too - does too much for their kids.

I don't have the habit of asking money from my parents.

I've never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.

I think that if Haiti is not self-sufficient in food, it is because we have stopped working.

I don't particularly want to meet anyone. I'm quite happy by myself. Or at least, I was, back home.

Most jobs I've had have been variations on hunter-gatherer and farmer. I was one of the first to say Hey, if we grow our own food, we won't have to hunt it down all the time. Mostly, I was just tired of moving around constantly, but you have to admit it was a pretty good idea.)

I am to expect no help from him. I AM help.

I can do without anybody. I have my own soul: my own spark of divine fire.

Avoid teams at all cost. Keep your circle small. Never join a group that has a name.

If you had yourself cloned, who exactly, would be your parents? Can you raise yourself? I guess so. And it might be fun. Just think, by the age of six you'd be driving yourself to school.

There is a fine line between loneliness and independence.

Cats are the runes of beauty, invincibility, wonder, pride, freedom, coldness, self-sufficiency, and dainty individuality - the qualities of sensitive, enlightened, mentally developed, pagan, cynical, poetic, philosophic, dispassionate, reserved, independent, Nietzschean, unbroken, civilised, master-class men.

There is a wonderful feeling of power when you're a director, but I don't think I need that, and I'm OK without it.