Quotes About Self-reliance

A bastard son must fight his own way in the world. Osferth knew that.

Some mothers soften their sons, but Osbert was motherless and I had raised him hard because a man must be hard. The world is filled with enemies.

I can unbutton your breeches and I can point you down wind, but even with the Good Lord's help I can't piss for you.

I paid him, Lawford said indignantly. If you want a job done properly, Sharpe said, you do it yourself. Hell!

I was without a lord. I was outcast. I was free. I was going Viking.

What happens to you, Uhtred, is what you make happen.

Pero la acción no se limita a llevar a cabo lo que he pensado y decidido previamente. Surge de una fuente propia, y es tan independiente como lo es mi pensamiento y lo son mis decisiones.

Take yer happiness, try to harm none, and let no man, even the one ye love, dominate ye. 'Tis my rule of life now.

Being alone in an aeroplane for even so short a time as a night and a day, irrevocably alone, with nothing to observe but your instruments and your own hands in semi-darkness, nothing to contemplate but the size of your small courage, nothing to wonder about but the beliefs, the faces, and the hopes rooted in your mind - such an experience can be as startling as the first awareness of a stranger walking by your side at night. You are the stranger.

Never tie your happiness to the tail of someone else's kite.

If you've lived your life looking for someone to take care of you but you always end up taking care of everyone else, your search is over. God has what you need, and you'll never wear Him out.

Each person should examine his own work … not in respect to someone else. For each person will have to carry his own load. Galatians 6:4–5

I don't think there's anybody in this world who should be required to make you feel good about yourself. Be happy on your own.

I grew up with a family that kind of always took care of me. They were always doting over me and I was always like a helpless little child. I think it's been a really big learning experience to be on my own and realize I can conquer things without having someone rescue me.

Haitians must understand that they have to collaborate to resolve the country's problems - no one is coming to rescue them.

Men just want women they can rescue. And I refuse to be one of them.

When you've been bereaved, you expect other people to rescue you, but I'm afraid they can't - it's down to you.

I've always said we need to build resilience locally.

I have always been an oddball. I was a loner at school, and largely still am, preferring to shut myself away with my work and books than go to parties.

I don't think I've ever been lonely in my entire life. I love to shut my front door and be on my own.

Nobody can shut the door in your face if you own the door.

I just got sick of not being able to raise money for a movie - that's what happens, so I just made my own.

I got sick and tired of hearing bands that didn't mean anything to me. I mean, there are some bands out there that are good, but if you want to hear stuff you want to hear, you got to do it yourself.

If you listen to everybody's opinions, I mean, I always say I'd be digging a ditch on the side of the road now if I had listened to what everybody told me what to do. You know, you have to follow your heart, you have to.