Quotes About Self-reliance

Why would I marry? I'm not made to be any man's chattel. I have my work, which I love. I have my home—it is not much, I grant, yet sufficient for my shelter. But more than these, I have something very few women can claim: my freedom. I will not lightly surrender it.

that man always had been off in his own boat on some branch of the river no one else ever rowed on.

I've inherited a core belief, to wit: don't rely on some other sod for your emotional sustenance. Find something absorbing to do—something so absorbing that you don't have time to dwell on the woe-is-me stuff.

she was determined to overcome her loneliness. She allowed no one else to know of the inner struggle, and she fought the battle alone, realizing that no one could help her. The

Man is free, but his freedom ceases when he has no faith in it.

My great treasure is that I am my own master, that I am not dependent upon anyone, and that I am not afraid of misfortunes.

I learned very early that our health is always impaired by some excess either of food or abstinence, and I never had any physician except myself

Ci ho riflettuto molti anni dopo, esaminando la mia grande difficoltà ad accettare aiuto. Sapersela sbrigare da soli è bene. Credere di doversela sbrigare sempre da soli, senza mai chiedere aiuto, è una debolezza travestita da forza. Se non sai chiedere aiuto, di regola non sai nemmeno cosa fare quando ti viene offerto spontaneamente, quando sarebbe morale accettarlo (e immorale rifiutarlo).

There is something easy about being alone and deciding what to do and how to do it.

Happiness is a direct consequence of personal effort.

Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel.

Finding within yourself a sense of value that does not depend on your achievements will make you more resistant to crippling self-doubts. Unconditional

Finding within yourself a sense of value that does not depend on your achievements will make you more resistant to crippling self-doubts.

A stark sense of isolation encloses anyone who looks outward for validation.

Maybe that, then, is the definition of freedom: to be neither protected by nor tethered to a man who can fix anything.

What do you believe about who you are? About your capabilities? When was the last time you trusted yourself enough to test them?

Don't wait for a genie to grant your wishes. That power is yours.

In the changing weather of life, rather than drift with the currents or be cast about in storms, be the wind at your own back.

If you built the box, you can also break it down.

In these pages, traveling "solo" does not necessarily mean "alone." The absence of other people often suggests regretful isolation. "Solo" by contrast, is a willful decision to be the architect of our own experience.

No matter how many strikes are hurled at you, only you decide when you're out.

No matter. I was single, no children, a handful of plants and at 39, young enough to regroup. If I hit ground before I finished building my wings, I would not take anyone with me.

Pero Sara no entendería que ella se sintiera tan contenta. no entendía el placer de ser uno mismo, tomar decisiones, tener la vida bajo control. Sara había pasado del padre-padre al padre-marido.

Dac? sunt mare , sunt pentru c? am avut for?a de a fi singur.