Quotes About Self-reliance

It doesn't matter who a man's father is. Your parents made a child, but it's up to you to make the man you'll be.

You can wait a very long time for them to give you your freedom. Taking it might be faster.

She did not understand why humans longed for so much intense contact. Were their own thoughts never sufficient for them? Why did they look for others to fulfill their needs instead of simply taking care of themselves?

I don't want to have these burdens. But I can't bear to turn them over to anyone else, either. Because, despite all the work, I like being in control of my own life.

you'd be wise to eat lightly, or not at all, of any food you do not prepare yourself." "At all the feasts and festivities that will be there?" "No. Only at the ones you wish to survive.

Isolation was better than shame. I would continue on my own. This was my fight and no one else

Wait for you? Not likely! I've always had to run ahead of you and show you the way.

I've just been living from day to day. Waiting for something or someone else to change the situation." His eyes studied her face, looking for a reaction to his next words. "I think I need to make a real decision. I believe I need to take action on my own.

He has had his wish. He will not bow his head.

Nor do I need your pity. I accept my current fortune. I've seen my situation change before, and I will see it change again. I don't need you to change it.

No man becomes a pirate because he wants to be ruled by another.

No. Not tonight. Not by impulse, not without thought, No. It did not matter what others did. She had to think for herself about such things.

make." He bit off a chunk of the dry meat

Men it is who think they can rule others' lives, but have no bonds to them. Do you think that to bond or not to bond is for you alone to decide? My heart is my own. I give it where I will. I will not give it to one who thrusts me aside.

Be your blood, boy, and ignore what anyone else thinks of you.

What sort of person would cling to the hope that someone else would return to give meaning to her life? What sort of quivering parasite needed someone else to validate her existence?

I had Hap still, I reminded myself, but on the heels of that thought I knew I did not. Hap was a young man striking out on his own. For me to cling to him now and make him the focus of my life would have been the act of a leech. So who was I, when I stood alone, stripped of all others? It was a difficult question. p. 449

Because, despite all the work, I like being in control of my own life.

So when Republicans urge self-reliance for the poor and then fail to raise the minimum wage year after year as the cost of living rises, they are engaged in a cruel form of hypocrisy. When they cut programs that provide child care and job training to give more money to billionaires, they are revising the whole concept of compassion. By their actions, they are rewriting the text: "We will guarantee that the poor you shall have with you always.

The key is in learning how to live a healthy, satisfying, and serene life without being dependent on another person for happiness.

What the society thinks is of no interest to me. All that's important is how I see myself. I know who who I am. I know the value of my work.

To find yourself, think for yourself. —Socrates

A very important part of creating a new life was independence. She did not want to be accountable to anyone but herself.

No more moping around grieving! No more letting others push you around! No more playing the damned victim! Toughen up, Ava. And if the past bothers you so much, then figure it out.