Quotes About Self-reliance

She wasn't asking his permission either. He wasn't in charge. She'd made that clear more than once. Shylah was an independent thinker, was used to working alone.

He wasn't worried about being alone. He was used to it. He'd been alone most of his life, even in the midst of a crowd. He could handle that, no problem.

Whatever he did must work, Father, because I'm not the type to throw myself off a balcony because I've been away from a man a couple of hours." "I guess we should both be hoping Mikhail is getting a taste of his own medicine," Father Hummer said with a small smile.

Do not risk yourself , Gregori reprimanded. Mikhail grunted his annoyance. I am capable of protecting myself. So you say , Gregori retorted.

Go back to sleep, you big baby. I can handle things just fine, thank you very much, without any great big he-man to protect me. I would much prefer that you return to the safety of the inn until I rise. There was the merest hint of command in his voice. He was trying to soften his manner with her, and she found herself smiling at his efforts. It isn't going to happen, so learn to live with it. American women are very difficult.

I will admit, I prefer to be the one to care for you, but I want you to know that you are capable of standing on your own two feet always. The vampire took that from you, but I intend to give it back to you. You are not without your own power, Elisabeta. You will learn, with time, to believe in yourself. To know you're strong. I want that for you.

She wasn't buying into him needing saving. He looked... invincible. She doubted anyone could take him down.

Cheating? It just says he's really nothing and he doesn't respect himself or me. I'd rather live on my own.

I don't need anyone's opinion. I've got my own.

The only real radicalism in our time will come as it always has—from people who insist on thinking for themselves and who reject party-mindedness.

Only servility requires the realm of illusion.

Take the risk of thinking for yourself, much more happiness, truth, beauty, and wisdom will come to you that way.

Orwell's] very ordinariness is the sterling guarantee that we need no saintly representative consciences. We would do better to make sterner use of our own.

Fine, as the tailor said to the broke and naked knight, suit yourself.

I'll be fine. The ready kit you packed covered everything, I think. In fact, I may not even need the fire extinguisher.

I have nothing, so I am slave to nothing. I have nothing to do, so nothing makes me its slave.

Let no man, in whatever rank or superiority, control your mind and tell you what to do

You cannot learn what you are made of if you rely on anyone or anything else to help you.

A person must earn enlightenment, Eragon. It is not handed down to you by others, regardless of how revered they be.

I need no master to punish me in order to behave as I ought. If I did, I would be no more than a child who obeys his father's rules only because he fears the whip, and not because he actually means good.

No dejes que la desaprobación de los demás dicte tus actos.

Eragon! I never want to hear you use that excuse again, that because someone else has done--or would do--something means that you should too. It's lazy, repugnant, and indicative of an inferior mind. Am I clear?

If you wish to remain above the forces here, do not let anyone's approval dictate your actions

Do not pamper me, human. Elves train both their men and women to fight. I am not one of your helpless females to run away whenever there is danger.