Quotes About Self-reliance

Orphans have to run well. A slow orphan ends up in jail.

Luck has a way of evaporating when you lean on it.

And Vin liked solitude. When you're alone, no one can betray you

I learned how much power over a situation you gain when you decide that you don't care what others think of you.

I want control," she said, opening her eyes. "Not like a king or anything. I just want to be able to control it, a little. My life. I don't want to get shoved around, by people or by fate or whatever. I just ... I want it to be me who chooses.

Do what you can," Kelsier said. "I'll seek these people to the west." "They won't help." "I'm not going to ask for their help," Kelsier said, then smiled. "I'm going to rob them.

Deal with your own stupid planet, you idiot. Don't make me come over there and slap you around again.

I'm not some tortured, abandoned creature, Wayne," Marasi said, finding herself smiling at her distorted reflection in a ladle. "I'm not sitting around pining and dreaming for someone else to decide if I should be happy. There's nothing there. Whether that's due to actual lack of affection on his part, or more to stubbornness, I don't care. I've moved on.

But must not even a madman rely on his own mind, his own experience, rather than that of others?

That is good. I should not like to be maintained by one who lacks brain functions.

You will be surprised how much more profitable an independent man is than a slave who thinks of nothing more than his next meal.

She'd built her life around not having to wait for anyone or anything.

Can you beat them on your own? Marasi half whispered, half mouthed at Wayne. He grinned and mouthed back, Does a guy wif no hands got itchy balls?

I don't need company to be confident.

comencé mi viaje solo y lo concluí solo. Pero eso no significa que caminara solo.

It was so hard to find warmth in the darkness. But when the night grew cold and the darkness came for you, that was when you needed to light a fire. And make your own light.

This isn't your prison. This is mine.

Happy is the people who need no heroes.

There will be times when standing alone feels too hard, too scary, and we'll doubt our ability to make our way through the uncertainty. Someone, somewhere, will say, "Don't do it. You don't have what it takes to survive the wilderness." This is when you reach deep into your wild heart and remind yourself, "I am the wilderness.

When looking at the attributes associated with masculinity in the US, the same researchers identified the following; winning, emotional control, risk-taking, violence, dominance, playboy, self-reliance, primacy at work, power over women, disdain for homosexuality, and pursuit of status.

You don't wander into the wilderness unprepared. Standing alone in a hypercritical environment or standing together in the midst of difference requires one tool above all others: trust. To brave the wilderness and become the wilderness we must learn how to trust ourselves and trust others.

To know you can navigate the wilderness on your own—to know that you can stay true to your beliefs, trust yourself, and survive it—that is true belonging.

If we're always following our children into the arena, hushing the critics, and assuring their victory, they'll never learn that they have the ability to dare greatly on their own.

We fail the minute we let someone else define success for us