Quotes About Self-reliance

Young people at universities study to achieve knowledge and not to learn a trade. We must all learn how to support ourselves, but we must also learn how to live. We need a lot of engineers in the modern world, but we do not want a world of modern engineers.

People might think it lonely living on my own nearly all the time, but I never found it lonely. I always had plenty to think about, and anyway maybe I'm not so good on people.

Spoonfeeding in the long run teaches you nothing but the shape of the spoon .

I became bold because I had absolutely nothing to lose: neither honors, nor earnings, nor friends. I had to find myself anew and rely only on myself, because I could rely on no one else. My form is my solitude.

I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.

To Nichiren, "freedom" meant not an escape from the realm of changing phenomena but the discovery of an absolute point of reliance within ourselves.

Well, I am one who doesn't believe in deluding myself. I'm not going to sit at your table and watch you eat, with nothing on my plate, and call myself a diner.

We were like family - family members always hurt each other. And Ben was not my family, he lived for himself. A Western body when Ben and I slept together, he could forget all about the love that was lying next to him in the dark. I felt he didn't need much warmth from anybody. His own 37.2º C were sufficient for him. His spirit slept alone.

They seemed so stubborn, resisting division by any number but one and themselves.

It wasn't pride that prevented him from asking for help but a deep aversion to causing more trouble than necessary for those of us who lived in the normal world.

Three years after starting, by physically doing everything from raising the finance to special effects, we'd finally cobbled together our low budget film.

I kept my gaze steady on him. "My greatest nightmare is to be owned by someone." "No. Your nightmare is being owned by someone unworthy.

Get a grip on yourself. there's only one god here on earth, and that's you. If you don't like the world, make one you like better.

Ressaisis-toi, bonhomme. Il n'y a q'un seul dieu sur terre, et c'est toi. Si le monde ne te convient pas, réinventes-en un autre, et ne laisse aucun chagrin te faire descendre de ton nuage. La vie sourit toujours à celui qui sait lui rendre la monnaie de sa pièce.

Enlightened beings cannot take away your suffering or give you happiness. If they could do this, wouldn't they have done so already?

We'll handle this ourselves." Then the line went dead before Mack could point out that there was a confused army between them and "'handling"' it.

Sympathy for the spinster. I'm perfectly content, thank you. And I refuse to be defined by my boyfriend. Or lack of. Once you decide not to worry about that stuff anymore, dating and relationships and love and all that, it's like you're free to get on with real life.

You can't expect people to build their lives around you

Many people could not understand that the idea of government is not to provide, the way parents provide for a child.

spirituality. In healthy intimate relationships we do not seek more than 25 percent of our nurturance from a partner; we learn to find the rest within ourselves.

Play the game by their rules (professionals), or play your own game, with your own set of rules, that follow common sense and have a much better chance of winning. It is your choice!

Also, I used to think that one day I might get someone to iron my shirts, but the truth is I really like doing them myself.

Superheroes are supposedly great beings who rise to help humanity through its darkest hours. Who needs these preposterous figures? They are just the continuation of messianism by other means. Humanity needs to help itself and stop looking to fantasy beings to help it out. You will never resolve your problems while you are expecting a deus ex machina to bail you out.

I didn't want to be responsible for Alisa; I had a hard enough time being responsible for myself.