Quotes About Self-reliance

Simple. Keep it simple. I am Brian Robeson. I have been in a plane crash. I am going to find some food. I am going to find some berries. He

Simple. Keep it simple. I am Brian Robeson. I have been in a plane crash. I am going to find some food. I am going to find some berries.

The hatchet. The key to it all. Nothing without the hatchet. Just that would take all his thanks. And

My name is Brian Robeson and I am thirteen years old and I am alone in the north woods of Canada. All

My name is Brian Robeson and I am thirteen years old and I am alone in the north woods of Canada.

He had done food.

Fifty-four days," Brian said. "Not quite two months. Yes—that's me.

Gary Paulsen

My name is Brian Robeson,' he said. Then he saw that his stew was done, the peach whip almost done, and he waved to it with his hand. 'Would you like something to eat?

Gary Paulsen

The hatchet. The key to it all. Nothing without the hatchet. Just that would take all his thanks.

She never backed down. A fighter to the very last. This is how a human being is forged after an unhappy early life. This is the independence of growing up, of standing up for yourself, even if against a phantom enemy.

SALLYSTAR: That's why I'm never going to be in a relationship. I'm just going to get married.

True affluence is not needing anything.

Oil the saw, sharpen axes, Learn the names of all the peaks you see and which is highest- there are hundreds- Learn by heart the drainages between Go find a shallow pool of snowmelt on a good day, bathe in the lukewarm water.

Do not put too much faith in government

I love to roam around and I like tough self-discipline, I don't mind hard work and being poor never bothered me. I guess that's what makes it possible to carry on like I do. Being free doesn't mean evading necessity, it means outsmarting it.

I am mistress of my own actions, M. de Chagny: you have no right to control them, and I will beg you to desist henceforth.

True independence is not based on fear. It contains within it an ability to be close to others, coupled with a choice to be free and autonomous.

You can not operate in this room unless you believe that you are Superman, and whatever happens, you're capable of solving the problem.

I myself teach no one, knowing I would make my students stronger to destroy me. I advise you to follow the same course.

There comes a time when a sorcerer must triumph on his own or die.

The would-be sorcerer alone has faith in the efficacy of pure knowledge; rational people know that things act of themselves or not at all.

I am to expect no help from him. I AM help.