Quotes About Self-support

Having some support and the reassurance that my family, friends, or others will help me when I am anxious will often reduce my anxiety and panic. But because such support and reassurance may not exist or may not continue, I'd better not rely on it solely. I also had better gain self-confidence and self-support. 8.

I'd rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent

Self-reliance has nothing to do with selfishness Ã¢â'¬Â¦ it's simply a well that doesn't run dry until the day you die and you don't need it any more.

Man must be arched and buttressed from within, else the temple wavers to the dust.

A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.

Who is capable of self-support?" he demanded. "There is no such thing in a civilized society as self-support. In a state of society so barbarous as not even to know family cooperation, each individual may possibly support himself, though even then for a part of his life only; but from the moment that men begin to live together, and constitute even the rudest sort of society, self-support becomes

I never found anyone who could look after me as well as I could look after myself.

I've spent my life supporting myself.

She never envisioned a legal career for me, but she did think it was very important that I be able to support myself, and I think she would be pleased to see what has become of me.

he is poor, who has need of another, and has not from himself all things that are useful for life.

I wasn't the leader of any gang. I was for Billy all the time.

Sometimes in life you have to be your own best friend.

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

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

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out.

I don't have a record deal, I'm not looking for one, I don't have a manager, I'm not promoting anything.

Needing someone is like needing a parachute. If they are not there the first time you need them, chances are you won't be needing them again.

An essential aspect of self-support is to remind yourself that success is not measurable, but a matter of feeling.

without having to turn to their central bank.

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

I'm for economic independence.

It had taken years to put themselves back together, and so what if some things didn't get put back in the right place? At least they could hold themselves up.

You see, baby, you have to protect yourself. If you don't protect yourself, you look like a fool asking somebody else to protect you." I thought about that for a second. She was right. A woman needs to support herself before she asks anyone else to support her.

If you don't protect yourself, you look like a fool asking somebody else to protect you. [..] A woman needs to support herself before she asks anyone else to support her.