Quotes About Self-reliance

I would like to have nothing to do with you for hours on end and then come back and find you, come back with things I've thought and found all on my own— on my own, not through you.

she was herself entire, and knew she could not be consumed.

Do you know what lobotomy is?" - "I think so. It's when they operate and remove parts of your brain, right?" - "Right. Boyfriends are the same thing. They shrink your brain. Any female who really wants to be able to think for herself shouldn't be wasting her time on boys.

I was looking for a husband, but meanwhile to survive, I had to work.

Vikings, it seems, make their own way.

having grown up with the mantra of, 'if you're cold, put another jumper on until your arms can no longer touch your sides',

Sometimes a person had to do certain things in order to survive the hard life of a single woman with a heavy burden of responsibility to bear.

The fate of every nation rests in its own power.

Låt inte någon välja ut dina syndabockar. Det är din sak. Om den skulle sammanfalla med någon annans syndabock, dussintals eller fler, byt bock. Den kan inte vara din.

Learn to limit yourself, to content yourself with some definite thing, and some definite work; dare to be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not and to believe in your own individuality.

The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

If I'm ever to reach any understanding of myself and the things around me, I must learn to stand alone. That's why I can't stay here with you any longer.

The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone.

They take their pride in making their dinner cost much; I take my pride in making my dinner cost little

I quietly declare war with the State, after my fashion, though I will still make use and get advantage of her as I can, as is usual in such cases.

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait until the other is ready.

Any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one.

It is so rare to meet with a man outdoors who cherishes a worthy thought in his mind, which is independent of the labor of his hands.

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

They [wood stumps] warmed me twice—once while I was splitting them, and again when they were on the fire.

A simple and independent mind does not toil at the bidding of any prince.

However mean your life is, meet it and live it: do not shun it and call it hard names. Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Things do not change, we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. God will see that you do want society.

The man who goes alone can start today but he who travels with another must wait till the other is ready, and it may be a long time before they get off.