Quotes About Self-reliance

Susanna, what you need is a man to look after you -- a proper one, not a drunk or a philanderer -- or sure as fate, you'll not be safe on this earth." "Oh, nonsense, Nan. I had a man, and he didn't look after me at all, and now I'm just beginning to enjoy myself.

Among the reasons people keep sad stories to themselves is that they do not want anyone to feel sorry for them. I don't. I don't want you to feel sorry for me.

The launching pad for emotional freedom is always yourself.

But while I'd be their daughter, while I'd eat the roast and come home from dates and wash the dishes, I would also be myself. I would love my mother, but I'd never want to be her again. I would never be what someone else wanted me to be. I would never laugh at a joke I didn't think was funny. I would never tell another lie. I would be the truth-teller, starting today. That would be tough. But I was tougher.

It had never occurred to me that I could do something without permission. 'May I' was a way of life for a girl like me.

Darling, I have a tip," Arlene said. "Never, ever wait for a man.

May I" was a way of life for a girl like me.

Darling, I have a tip. Never, ever wait for a man.

I was a girl crying in the middle of a crowd, and nobody noticed. Maybe there was something awful about that, but there was something good, too. I would dry my own tears. I opened my eyes and kept on walking. ~Kit

And a weak person will find it easier to take what someone else has earned rather than risk working hard and achieving something on his own.

I'm not a girl. I'm a hatchet

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse.

We have to find our own way to live, and to love. Don't ever let anyone else tell you how it should be for you.

No one gives us anything for free, we become what we're able to do for ourselves.

Soy un demócrata que cree en la gente, en su iniciativa y en su capacidad para salir adelante sin tutelas políticas ni religiosas.

I had to do something," she said. "I couldn't just sit and wait for life to happen to me any longer.

she could not bear to let someone else perform a task when she could do it better herself.

She could not be tamed. It would be a crime to even try.

But if she was destined to be alone, even with a husband at her side, then by God she'd be alone and strong.

And put me down." James kept walking, his arm a vise under her ribs.

Better to remain unmarried than shackle herself to someone who'd bore her to tears.

You gave me a look as if to say, 'I know exactly what I'm doing.

You're a hard woman, Daphne Bridgerton." "It's Daphne Basset, and I've had good teachers.

Any man who is your equal is not going to allow you to manage him as you see fit.