Quotes About Self-reliance

woman must not depend on the protection of man, but must learn to protect herself

Don't put your nose into somebody else's laundry, if you are not willing to fold your own.

Most women still need a room of their own and the only way to find it may be outside their own home.

A child who thinks he can't do anything on his own eventually can't.

Being a strong woman is very important to me. But doing it all on my own is not.

But the idea that women can't take care of themselves still permeates our culture.

You should resolve not to seek public approval of your private business, when you are not also prepared to accept public disapproval.

Don't buy into the idea that women aren't strong enough to do anything they want on their own.

Never ask anyone if you should do something, if ultimately you are afraid to do it. You'll save yourself a lot of trouble.

You guys on the white horses keep trying to save women in distress, not realizing you just end up with a distressed woman.

I earn and pay my own way as a great many women do today.

It's such a huge playing field, especially with the wind and shifting tides and only three women out. It's almost like you are fending for yourself out there.

Women aren't as mere as they used to be.

It's hard for black women to ask for help. We think we don't need it. We're used to being in pain and living with it.

Men have always been afraid that women could get along without them.

As a strong woman, there are things I would never put up with.

I'm not interested in dating. I like being with my own best friend, me. Certain women, particularly older women, cannot believe I like going to a social event by myself. But I do.

Women must convert their love for and reliance on strength and skill in others to a love for all manner of strength and skill in themselves

I like women who are self-sufficient.

Perhaps well-to-do women and unemployed ghetto teenagers have something in common. Neither group has been allowed to develop the self-confidence that comes from knowing you can support yourselves.

If her security rests upon her alliance with a man, another woman may take that man away; therefore women have no unity between themselves.

Women have more rights, and women do have their own power in the world.

The more independent you want to be, the more generous you must be with yourself as a woman.

I think it's so wrong to play the victim. There's too many brave women out there that just won't even tolerate it, you know?