Quotes About Self-reliance

have the keys to my prison in my own hand, and no remedy presents itself so soon to my heart as mine own sword.

Better to be the hunter than the hunted. Even if you're hunting yourself.

No one can lock you back in, Libby. You choose whether you let them.

You know what? Why don't we just forget it? Why don't I go by myself? I think I'd rather go alone anyway.

Just like I will decide my life. No more waiting for other people to decide things for me. I'm writing it right now.

She [Sidonie Rougon] never spoke of her husband, nor of her childhood, her family, or her personal concerns. There was only one thing she never sold, and that was herself.

Est-ce que ça me regarde ? Est-ce que je n'avais pas à mettre mes haricots sur le feu ?...

no me gusta vivir esclava de los moños, me arreglo lo posible, todo lo que cabe, sin derrochar un tiempo que debo dedicar a cosas mejores. Para

I'm not going to act the lady among you, for fear I should starve .

I'm now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.

We must be for ourselves in the long run; the mild and generous are only more justly selfish than the domineering.

Forget your anger, for she's hard to guide any way but her own.

Un om înÅ£elept trebuie s? se mulÅ£umeasc? doar cu propria-i tov?r??ie.

I'm now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.

I require to be let alone!' exclaimed Catherine, furiously.  'I demand it!

Un homme sensé doit trouver une compagnie suffisante en soi-même.

I'll not do anything, though you should swear your tongue out, except what I please!

Un hombre sensato debe tener bastante compañía consigo mismo

Un hombre sensato debe encontrar suficiente compañía en sí mismo.

Pero no tendrá usted ganas, señor Lockwood, de oírme moralizar. Usted es tan capaz como yo de juzgar todo esto por sí mismo, o por lo menos se creerá usted capaz de hacerlo, que viene a ser lo mismo.

Well, we must be for ourselves in the long run; the mild and generous are only more justly selfish than the domineering—

I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.

A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.

If you're going to lick the icing off somebody else's cake you won't be nourished and it won't do you any good, or you might find the cake had caraway seeds and you hate them.