Quotes About Self-sufficiency

When people have a MakerBot, they have a different mindset from everybody else who grew up as a consumer. Instead of thinking, 'I need to go buy that,' they first think, 'Do I need to go buy that? I could just MakerBot that.'

THEIR ADULT CHILDREN ARE ECONOMICALLY SELF-SUFFICIENT.

I don't own big hats, but I have a lot of cattle.

Never trouble another for what you can do yourself

I am savage enough to prefer the woods, the wilds, and the independence of Monticello, to all the brilliant pleasures of this gay capital [Paris].

The most effectual means of being secure against pain is to retire within ourselves and suffice for our own happiness.

We cannot find Him unless we know we need Him. We forget this need when we take a self-sufficient pleasure in our own good works. The poor and helpless are the first to find Him, Who came to seek and to save that which was lost.

The proud man loves his own illusion and self-sufficiency. The spiritually poor man loves his very insufficiency.

A fool can put on his coat better than a wise man can put it on for him.

If I stay here, I will be just fine. Before I shut the door, I got a box of crackers from the kitchen, so I will be fine.

Saya berkesimpulan bahwa seseorang hanya bisa merintis kehidupannya dengan mengandalkan kekuatannya sendiri. Paul Lennon

I've never had inner turmoil about all this. You find a lot of people these days who cannot stand to be alone. You could lock me up in solitary for weeks on end, and I'd keep myself amused.

At this point in history, our society tends to elevate and reward the specialist...This concentrated focus has brought some benefits...It may also be a modern malady. Specialization, when taken too far and allowed to define who and what we are, becomes limiting. It robs us of our wholeness and our self-sufficiency. It misses the big picture and confines us to a narrow zoom. And it leaves us at the mercy of experts.

Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing.

If a woman could take care of herself, would she still need a man? Would she even want one? And if she didn't want a man, what kind of woman would she be? Would she even be a woman? Because it seemed if you were a woman, the only thing you were really supposed to want was a man.

El aislamiento nos hacía más dueños de nuestras carencias".

Unless he stands on his own feet the so-called objective values profit him nothing since they only serve as a substitute for character

the maxim he'd always lived by: "Take every possible opportunity you can to eat and take a shit, because this county is 3,500 square miles, a third of it roadless.

Every example below is something that either I or someone I know was able to learn and execute in a single weekend. Changing your own car oil Installing a new ceiling-mounted light fixture Learning the basics of a new technique on an instrument you already play (e.g., a guitar player learning Travis picking) Figuring out how to precisely calibrate the tone arm on your turntable Building a custom headboard from high-quality lumber Starting a garden plot

If you leave me alone for a day . . . I'll have a joyful time rotating between carpentry, weight training, writing, playing around with instruments in the music studio, making lists and executing tasks from them.

It's not about usefulness, it's about autonomy.

I don't want to scrounge around and be homeless, and I want to finish my education.

There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no independence quite so important, as living within your means.

Better alone than badly accompanied.