Quotes About Self-reliance

If they should say you have no sense, don't you mind them; it won't make much difference. Lullaby.

We desert those who desert us; we cannot afford to suffer; we must live how we can

Her mother had told her that when she was a girl. Whenever you're in trouble, just remember you're your own best friend.

She agreed with everything that was planned for her, and made her own arrangements later, for she had discovered that the easiest way through life was to set out obediently upon the appointed path and then slip away down a side turning.

What did it matter if no one cared, as long as she did herself? Relying on others was a dangerous way to live, and frequently a waste of time

I've often said that the most important thing you can give your children is wings. Because, you're not gonna always be able to bring food to the nest. You're... sometimes... they're gonna have to be able to fly by themselves.

When I get lonely these days, I think: So BE lonely, Liz. Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience. But never again use another person's body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilled yearnings.

You're wishin' too much, baby. You gotta stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone oughtta be.

Is independence so bad for one?" asked Daphne. "Nothing worse," said Harriet. "It gives you a wonderful conceit of yourself.

Wenn du das Schreiben zu deinem Beruf machen willst, dann musst du anfangen, dich auf dein eigenes Urteil zu verlassen. Du darfst dir ruhig anhören, was andere davon halten, aber letztlich ist richtig, was du für richtig hältst.

Power is the ability not to have to please

You have my best wishes, Mr. Douglas; still I cannot consent to be your wife. I shall become Mrs. President, or I am the victim of false prophets, but it will not be as Mrs. Douglas.

She counted on herself to withstand everything. And yet, who said she had to? What would happen if she broke down now and then?

You see, the work of maintaining your life with your own skills was never counted in hours. The days were long and arduous, but there was no wishing them to go by.

Free of the demands, the judgments, and the petty tyrannies of others.

What happened to the days of the hero rescuing the damsel in distress?" Not that I could envisage Heather as a damsel in distress. "Those days are long gone, Brendan. Nowadays, the damsel takes care of herself, and on occasion she might even rescue the hero, if she feels he deserves it." "I'm screwed, then.

INSTEAD OF DOUBTING SOMEONE ELSE'S LOVE FOR ME ... I decided to LOVE myself so much that it became irrelevant whether they did or not!

I knew I'd claimed my own power, when I stopped asking others to approve, to endorse or to agree with me about anything.

The thing is, that world doesn't exist. All growing up means is that your realize no one will come along to fix things. No one will come along to save you.

You tell yourself that you aren't something or that you can't be something, and you know what? It will become true. You have to decide who you are and what you can do and then go after what you want. Because believe me, no one is going to give it to you.

Three life lessons: 1.No one will see you. 2.No one will say anything. 3.No one will save you.

I always wanted to be grown up. When I was little I couldn't wait to be a teenager and go to high school. When I got there I wanted to be done with it, wanted to get out into the world, the real one, and live in it. The thing is, that world doesn't exist. All growing up means is that you realize no one will come along to fix things. No one will come along to save you.

Darling, the world doesn't owe you anything.

All growing up means is that you realize no one will come along and fix things.