Quotes About Self-reliance

Pero si alguna vez tuvo interés en gobernar a los humanos y exigir que lo adorasen como a un dios, hoy, desde luego, prefiere ir a su aire y que lo dejen tranquilo. Es una actitud que soy capaz de comprender porque se parece mucho más a mi propia forma de ser.

Detesto esa sensación de perder el control. Cuando hago algo, me gusta hacerlo porque quiero, porque lo he decidido yo; no a causa de una influencia externa.

I am confused at the idea of dressing for someone else. It makes little sense to me.

It was quite settled by now. She was born to be a spinster.

Like a phoenix rising from ashes, she had created a new life for herself out of the wreckage of the old one, and it suited her down to the ground. She was a duchess with no duke, a mistress with no master, and much to the bafflement of society, she liked it that way. Her life was comfortable, safe, and as predictable as a finely tuned machine, every aspect within her control.

She would continue to be mistress of her own life. She would be no victim, not of her circumstances, not of Fate, and certainly not of any man. Not ever again.

Never again was she going to sit by while life went on around her. Never again was she going to wait for fate to hand her what she wanted. From now on, she was going to reach out and grab her dreams and not let go.

It's impossible to imagine her in thrall to anything, anyone. She calls the shots even while pretending not to. Even in motherhood, she has shown this steely control.

That's one thing I learned from Ray Senior. You don't owe an explanation to anybody but the Lord, and most people will stop asking if you act like you won't be telling.

Do you have a girl? Where's your girl? Where's your girl?" "She's her own girl

Thinking that you can't protect the ones you love, you have to hope they're smart enough to save themselves, And hope, well. Who had any of that to spare?

You cannot rescue somebody, little bird. You can help them. But they must rescue themselves.

Be a sparrow, I told myself. Be silent and fly away. No one will bother you if you disappear.

The only problem with being Light is you have no mentor to explain it all. You discover the rules by breaking them.

Why should I just sit around hoping it happens when maybe I can do something to make it happen?

And while we're talking about being used and abused, you should know that there are some things you tell and some things you handle by yourself, the best you can.

She would never let anyone interfere with her right to use her mind.

You can't save everybody. In fact, there are days when I think you can't save anyone. Each person has to save himself first, then you can move in and help. I have found this philosophy does not work during a gun battle, or a knife fight either. Outside of that it works just fine.

I knew from the moment I heard you, the moment I saw the gun and realized that this lovely, petit woman was the executioner, that you would never die waiting for me to save you - that you would save yourself.

You can't save everybody. In fact, there are days when I think you can't save anyone. Each person has to save himself first, then you can move in and help. I have found this philosophy does not work during a gun battle, or a knife fight either. Outside of that it works just fine.

I do it because I can.

Don't wait too long to be rescued, old lady – you might pass your sell-by date.

I don't need protection." Not that she minded, of course. She always protected. It's what she did every moment of the day, and that small span of time when he'd protected her had been, well like a present. "Don't need it, no." He gave her the coordinates, and she got moving. "Deservie it, yes.

Focus on yourself -- do what you want, when you want, without having to consider anyone else's agenda.