Quotes About Self-reliance

But how can he expect that others should Build for him, sow for him, and at his call Love him, who for himself will take no heed at all?

I love when you aren't accountable to anybody or anything, and you can just be wherever you are.

I don't have maids or servants, and my husband and I love waking up early and going to the 24-hour supermarket when there is nobody else there.

I always had a very strong sense of independence. I really liked being able to buy my Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill album. I wore that as a badge of honor. I love not having to rely on anyone.

I love not having to rely on anyone.

Love comes from ourselves, not from someone else.

You'll never be able to find yourself if you're lost in someone else.

He offered her the world. She said she had her own.

I am not a broken heart. I am not collarbones or drunken letters never sent. I am not the way I leave or left or didn't know how to handle anything, at any time, and I am not your fault.

The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I'm not going to let myself pull me down anymore.

Do not look for company at all costs, and especially do not allow loneliness to lead you to fickle love or false friendship.

I finally stopped seeking in others everything I could only find in myself.

I've finally figured out a way to stand strong on my own.

She'd created her own hell, and now that she had learned to control her fear, she knew how to create her own paradise.

I cannot love, I want to be aloneI will not love, I want to be alone

Just when you may think the world has given up on you, take a look at your self, and remember the 1 person you can always turn to.

A brave man's hand can speak for itself, it does not even need a woman's love to hear it.

for what is to be done is not for police or of the customs. It must be done by us alone and in our own way.

Trust yourself. You've survived a lot and you will survive whatever is coming.

Remember, if you get into horrible trouble and desperately need me, I'll be much too busy with my own problems!

Remember, if something goes wrong, if you need anything at all, you're absolutely on your own.

It's best to keep your troubles pretty much to yourself, because half the people you tell them to won't give a damn, and the other half will be glad to hear you've got them.

You can't help a man who won't be helped. (p. 364)

if you're alone nothing bad can happen to you.