Quotes About Self-reliance

God abandons only those who abandon themselves, and whoever has the courage to shut up his sorrow within his own heart is stronger to fight against it than he who complains.

Free government works well in proportion as government is superfluous.

There is nothing that gives a man consequence, and renders him fit for command, like a support that renders him independent of everybody but the State he serves.

My policy has been, and will continue to be, while I have the honor to remain in the administration of the government, to be upon friendly terms with, but independent of, all the nations of the earth. To share in the broils of none. To fulfil our own engagements. To supply the wants, and be carriers for them all: Being thoroughly convinced that it is our policy and interest to do so.

Sovereignty, loyalty, and solitude.

All the beatings she had suffered had not subjugated her, only taught her prudence and a calm and sly scorn for men's anger.

I daresay Freddy might not be a great hand at slaying dragons- but one has not the smallest need of a man who can kill dragons!

being alone is better

My dad let me figure out what I wanted to do on my own.

I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free.

I decided to accept as true my own thinking.

Anyone with any degree of mental toughness ought to be able to exist without the things they like most for a few months at least.

I am my own damned princess!

Instead of idleness, vanity, or an intellect formed by the spoon-feeding of others, my girls have acquired energy, industry, and independence.

Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's.

Everyone was searching for a formula for survival... and the only formula that worked was no formula. Instinct ... that's all you had to go on.

Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others sense their own laws within them.

To be adult is to be alone (etre adulte, c'est etre seul).

If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a man, my son!

Don't let other people tell you what you want.

Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.

Gnaw your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, gnaw it still.

We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch.

Buffet: A French word that means "get up and get it yourself."