Quotes About Self-sufficiency

Seriously protecting yourself calls for the annihilation of ties with society, ties that most people need the way they need oxygen.

so that what is left of what we have subjugated might determine its own life.

The master competes with no one so, no one can compete with her.

Independent people can get what they want through

Dependent people need others to get what they want. Independent people can get what they want through their own efforts.

But borrowing strength builds weakness. It builds weakness in the borrower because it reinforces dependence on external factors to get things done.

eventually we can essentially take care of ourselves, becoming inner-directed and self-reliant.

Coaching, so you are no longer needed.

As the economist Ludwig von Mises put it centuries later, "If the tailor goes to war against the baker, he must henceforth bake his own bread.")

If the tailor goes to war against the baker, he must henceforth bake his own bread

Ludwig von Mises put it centuries later, "If the tailor goes to war against the baker, he must henceforth bake his own bread.")

I don't have a boyfriend right now. I'm looking for anyone with a job that I don't have to support.

I was alone for five years. Having a love is a gigantic bonus in life, but I wasn't unhappy when I was single, either.

I was not rescued by a prince; I was the administrator of my own rescue.

The surest way of winning love is to look as if you didn't need it.

The happy man needs nothing and no one. Not that he holds himself aloof, for indeed he is in harmony with everything and everyone; everything is "in him"; nothing can happen to him. The same may also be said for the contemplative person; he needs himself alone; he lacks nothing.

Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally proceed from inexperience of the world and ignorance of mankind.

I should like to slip out of the public gaze...to bury myself in the farm and devote my attention to farming and educating." Mahatma Gandhi

Let people move themselves. Don't insist on doing it for them.

Don't try to follow me. Cats have no friends or allies here. They must walk their path of shadows alone.

The anarch nurtures no expectations. He stakes on no one but himself. Basically, people remain pied pipers, whatever melodies they play to introduce themselves. And as for the rats - that is a chapter unto itself.

If there's one thing in the world more annoying than being dependent on someone, it's when that someone constantly reminds you that you are dependent on him.

We have been told the lie ever since we can remember: human beings are basically nice and good. Everyone is born equal and innocent and self-sufficient. The world is a pleasant, harmless place. We are born free. If we are in chains now, it is someone's fault, and we can correct it with just a little more intelligence or effort or time.

Money and machines anesthetize neediness. They put us in charge, in control. As long as the money holds out and the machines are in good repair, we don't need to pray.