Quotes About Self-reliance

You have intellect, and courage, and command. Play your own game, and don't worry about what anyone else is doing. That is what's going to give you a shot at making it. Comparing yourself to anyone else will just drive you crazy.

Thank God I didn't make the mistake of suggesting it to him, thought Cadfael devoutly. There's nothing the young hate and resent so much as to be urged to a good act, when they've already made the virtuous resolve on their own account.

If they were to get out—they had to get themselves out.

There was only food for those who could pull their weight.

The whole undertaking was criticized in some circles as being too "audacious." And perhaps it was. But if it hadn't been audacious, it wouldn't have been to Shackleton's liking. He was, above all, an explorer in the classic mold—utterly self-reliant, romantic, and just a little swashbuckling.

There is nothing so wrong as accepting a thing merely because men who have done things say it should be so.

I wish I were not quite so lonely—and so poor. And yet I love both my loneliness and my poverty. The former makes me appreciate the companionship of the wind and rain, while the latter preserves my liver and prevents me wasting time in dancing attendance upon women.

Not to have a thing is less humiliating than to beg it.

those who want to beat you down can't succeed unless you give them help!

But if we grow stronger...and rise higher than what's pullin' us down...Yes, rise higher than dirt...that fifty pound weight will lift and you'll be free, free without anybody's by-your-leave. Do something to wash out the sin.

Maud had taught her how to go to sleep, and how to put herself back to sleep at night if she awoke. It was a great accomplishment, but no one wanted to hear about the triumphant work of mothers. It was a taken-for-granted form of labor, worth little to no money. She had to pat her own back for that.

Oh but I need my lone self!

I want to be lawless; I want to be alone.

As mulheres têm um incrível acesso à força e à sabedoria naturais se deuxadas por conta própria.

No one can pull anyone back from anywhere. You save yourself or you remain unsaved.

What I took it to mean was: women would be better off when they no longer needed men more than they needed their own independent identities.

Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself.

Be nobody's darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around You like a shawl, To parry stones To keep you warm.

Expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. become a stranger To need of pity Or, if compassion be freely Given out Take only enough Stop short of urge to plead Then purge away the need. Wish for nothing larger Than your own small heart Or greater than a star; Tame wild disappointment With caress unmoved and cold Make of it a parka For your soul. Discover the reason why So tiny human midget Exists at all So scared unwise But expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise.

In our daily lives, we may prefer self-reliance. But perhaps utter dependence is the truer friend of our souls.

But once you finally take sail in your life, you no longer crave a captain.

I swear that I'll never again let someone rob me of my power. It's a promise I still work to keep.

Unlike the fairy tale princes, real men do not like having to save someone.

She'd been a hard taskmistress - How can you be a grown-up if you can't look after yourself? she'd challenged - but she had taught him what no Greek mother ever taught a son: the basic humdrum skills required for independence.