Quotes About Self-reliance

If I know from the start that I'm going to be alone, I'm not lonely. It doesn't bother me.

I was brought up in a very open, rural countryside in the middle of nowhere. There were no cell phones. If your lights went out, you were lit by candlelight for a good four days before they can get to you. And so, my imagination was crazy.

Nothing more exhilarating (he wrote) than saving yourself by the simple act of waking.

I might have no one in the world, but at least I'm free.

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.

She thought she should take a moment to pray. But, as she was holding a loaded rifle, conventional prayer did not seem entirely suitable. Sister Peg hoped that God would help her, but it was her belief that He much preferred for people to attend to themselves. Life was a test; it was up to you to pass it or not. She raised the gun to her clavicle and angled one eye down the length of the barrel.

Sister Peg hoped that God would help her, but it was her belief that He much preferred for people to attend to themselves. Life was a test; it was up to you to pass it or not.

He has to come to it on his own.

The best part about being alone is that you really don't have to answer to anybody. You do what you want.

She loved her brother, and applauded his success, but she did not need the protection or disguise of

better not to piss off this loathsome and troublesome man, just in case we need him one day. Which is why nobody is ever pleased to see me, and why I never have to buy my own drinks.

What the books don't tell you is, there's a sixteenth way. You can use it when you've got nothing; no stuff, no men and nobody to lead them.

Being free always involves being lonely.

As an independent woman, you are not defined by your partners or your parents. You are defined by you. - STRONG: Powerful Philosophy for Timeless Thoughts by Kailin Gow.

My daughter isn't going to grow up as fragile flower, incapable of taking care of herself. She will train as she fights, and she will fight as she trains. She will be raised to be total bad ass. Because everyone loves a bad ass. - Raising A Strong Daughter: What Fathers Should Know by Finlay Gow JD and Kailin Gow MA

Raise your daughter so she is not a damsel in distress. Raise her so she can be the one saving herself. - Raising A Strong Daughter: What Fathers Should Know by Finlay Gow JD and Kailin Gow MA

Have your own opinions, stand up for your own beliefs. You have your own brain, so use it. - Kailin Gow

I'm telling you that my happiness isn't up to you.", Loving Summer by Kailin Gow

If you can't cope with that, then that's your problem, not mine.", Summer Jones in Loving Summer by Kailin Gow

Did you see that band out there? They weren't reading music. You know, if you can play without music, pretty soon you're gonna think you can sing your own song.

awful freedom of someone with no one to answer to.

To depend on the protection of another man is to be his slave, to protect other folk is to be the slave of your own emotions.

Using others is a sin. Why should I wish to use another?

Ordinary girls surrender to circumstance, and eventually that becomes the sum of their life. But the universal woman makes her own way.