Quotes About Self-reliance

I am capable. I am capable. I am capable.

This book is dedicated to all the women out there who no longer have the patience or desire to put up with any nonsense.

As I walked by myself And talked to myself, Myself said unto me, Look to thyself, Take care of thyself, For nobody cares for thee.

She had already decided that, when she grew up, she was going to do whatever she pleased and not let anyone order her about.

Do you have children?" "Yes," I say. "Do they make their own beds?" "Well, sometimes," I reply. "You should encourage them to make their own beds," she says. "It's good training for life.

Here's a real man!" I said. "It's been pretty transparent all along that other people's opinions about these things wouldn't be enough for you.

All we actually have is our body and its muscles that allow us to be under our own power.

Independence, she's discovered, feels just as good as codependence once did. She's as surprised as anyone to realize this.

that, we are not the type of people who chase down others who spurn us.

Cleo didn't want Bowen, or even Gaby, to tell her how to stay safe in a storm. She didn't want Matty to ask who looked out for her. She did. That was just how it had been since she was seventeen. Besides,

If you don't want to be a victim, don't act like one.

The kids kept walking, moving through the Henley's halls like a tide, but when Kat turned to leave, she walked in the opposite directions. She wasn't an ordinary kid, after all. Katarina Bishop followed no one.

If you don't want to be a victim, don't act like one." It was fairly safe to assume that that was the first time anyone had ever spoken to W. W. Hale the Fifth in that manner. Kat was also fairly certain it wouldn't be the last. "I might lose my grandmother's company." Kat gave a smile and held Hale tight. "You won't lose me.

I never leave the house with just one knife. Seriously. Do I look like a one-knife kind of girl?

So goodbye from Alaska, where I am the most important person for twenty miles in any direction. (I'm the only person for twenty miles in any direction.) Maddie

But there are things you tell yourself. And there are things you know. And Maddie knew that the one person she could depend on was herself. But that's okay, she thought. I'm usually enough.

I'll catch something to cook in the morning. I don't think we're far from the river. There will be fish." "You can do that?" Logan eyed her. Maddie eyed him back, a little offended. "I caught a Russian killer." Logan ate another berry. "Point taken.

I didn't run away," I said, louder than I intended. "I left… I knew that I wasn't in danger." I looked down at my hands. "I was the danger

When number one fails, convince them that leaving you behind by yourself is a BAD idea.

Los aliados no van a hacer una mierda por nosotros. Nadie ha hecho nunca nada por nosotros, ya lo sabes.

No road is paved with gold unless you make it your own treasure.

Sometimes you just have to act on your own. Sometimes you have to do what you know inside to be right.

Do you realize how important it is to be independent? To be able to take care of yourself? To not rely on someone else for your most basic needs? And to not get so damn attached to stuff that you'd rather demean yourself than live without it?

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