Quotes About Self-reliance

There is no place here for softness. Let folk in too close and you offer them up as weapons for your own destruction.

Nothing more exhilarating ... than saving yourself by the simple act of waking.

The world is full of whiners. But the fact is, nothing comes with a guarantee. They say as soon as you're born, you're dying, and everything in between is a struggle just to stay sane. And once you're out here in the wide-open world... you're on your own.

The best part about being alone is that you really don't have to answer to anybody. You do what you want.

I only asked the mask to help me recover … I never once asked it to do things its own way.…

She was no longer a child, to be cowed or forced into submission, but a grown woman with a definite purpose and an invincible determination.

the more we do for a child the less he will do for himself. If we give him watered-down material, many explanations, much questioning, if we over-moralize, depend on the work book to work the mind, what thinking is left for the child to do?

It does not pay to be possessive of a man determined to remain free.

I don't need a hero. I was blessed with a large amount of common sense, which is of infinitely more use than a man.

To find a mountain path all by oneself gives a greater feeling of strength than to take a path that is shown.

Is there a character in all of fiction more isolated than the little red hen?

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In her defense, her helicoptering tended to revolve around making sure that Dee could take care of herself. LEARN HOW TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH OR I WILL KILL YOU. LOVE MOM.

I'm not choosing anybody but myself.' Jane was sick of men thinking they could give her ultimatums.

Getting drunk was something for the weak, a crutch for people who were not strong enough to live their own lives, to stand on their own two feet. Drinking was running away from something.

The handful of swamps left in America were probably some of the few remaining places on the continent where a man could live wholly sustained by the land, whether it was for food, shelter, medicine, or some of the cleanest drinking water on earth. Jeffrey wondered how long it would be before they were all completely destroyed.

As much as I want to make it easier for you, I know that it'll never take unless you do it all on your own.

The worst part was that she was turning into one of those annoying people who got so caught up whining about a bad situation that they forgot they were actually capable of doing something about it.

The individual who can help himself is precisely the one who wills that authority exist in the world.

Mon plus grand luxe est de n'avoir à me justifier auprès de personne.

Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity

Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti.

One of the things Jackson liked about Julia was her independence, one of the things he didn't like about Julia was her independence.

But he who neither thinks for himself nor learns from others, is a failure as a man.