Quotes About Self-reliance

Being alone and liking it is, for a woman, an act of treachery, an infidelity far more threatening than adultery.

The strongest men are the most alone.

I'm fiercely independent, but I'm also terrified of being alone.

I'd never chosen to be alone, but that was the way things had turned out, and I'd grown used to it.

I think I learned pretty early that in the end, its only you. To an extent, youre all alone.

Remember, you are all alone in the kitchen and no one can see you.

...in the end every one stands alone, and the important thing is who it is that stands alone.

I'm so accustomed to being alone.

Alaskans are basically 'leave me alone' type people who respect and embrace different strokes.

When it comes to the important things one is always alone.

I need to do things on my own, need to be left alone.

We're all alone in this world.

The world is my oyster. The road is my home. And I know that I'm better off Alone.

I was alone with myself. And disgusting as I was it was better than being with somebody else, anybody else, all of them out there doing their pitiful little tricks and handsprings.

And here I was, left with only myself to deal with. It was entirely up to me.

Being a lone wolf is sometimes better than being in a pack.

Work alone is noble.

My goal was to be able to be alone without food, sugar, phone, men, TV, anything and to feel O.K. about myself.

That was the thing about being alone, in theory or in principle. Whatever happened-good, bad, or anywhere in between-it was always, if nothing else, all your own.

I think some people are good at being alone, and some people aren't, and as a child, I really liked it.

Are you angry that others disappoint you? Remember you cannot depend upon yourself.

To dwell on the things that depress or anger us does not help in overcoming them. One must knock them down alone.

T]he whole human population of the world cannot live on imported food. Some people some where are going to have to grow the food. And where ever food is grown the growing of it will raise the same two questions: How do you preserve the land in use? And how do you preserve the people who use the land? The farther the food is transported, the harder it will be to answer those questions correctly.

I knew a man who, in the age of chain-saws, went right on cutting his wood with a handsaw and an axe. He was a healthier and a saner man than I am. I shall let his memory trouble my thoughts.