Quotes About Self-reliance

him." She always told herself

quietly. She didn't like being reminded

Simon, she was more independent

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them. -George Bernard Shaw

Fuck yr heroes, I'm saving myself.

I'd always been stubborn. I admired Mr. Crepsley more than he knew, but hated the idea of looking like a pushover who did everything he was told. Sometimes I disobeyed the vampire just so he wouldn't think I was paying attention to what he said!

You're young, Darren, Kurda said. It's crazy to throw your life away. Leave Vampire Mountain. Make a fresh start. You're experienced enough to survive on your own. You don't need Larten to look after you anymore. Lots of vampires lead their own lives, having nothing to do with the rest of us. Be your own person. Don't let the foolish pride of others cloud your judgment.

If you aren't normal, it's because you're tougher, saner, cooler than normal.

I think you probably know what you're doing and whatever you do is your own business.

Instead of focusing on what we can have for "free," or on who we can take from to fund trendy, idealistic projects like the Green New Deal, let's focus on keeping what we earn and cutting spending wherever possible.

This is because self-reliance is one of the things authoritarians try to take away first.

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them. —George Bernard Shaw

Trusting yourself and the source of your intelligence is the most elegant lesson of experiencing freedom and manifesting personal productivity.

Find a profession you love, marry the right person, and love your family unconditionally. Believe in yourself, and don't listen too much to others.

Robie took a deep, cleansing breath. He had never played well with others. For the last dozen years he had worked in almost total isolation. He preferred it that way. He was better alone than with a team. That's just how he was built.

Sheep follow blindly. We're not supposed to be sheep.

To her, companionship must have seemed highly overrated.

When he ate out, he ate alone. He didn't shop

You can't live someone else's life for them. Hell, it's hard enough living your own.

Because it taught me right from the start to rely only on myself," he said

But then again, our life is what we make it, right? Bad choices. You can't blame others for that.

As a moral matter, individuals must be free to make their own decisions and to succeed or fail according to their own choices. As a practical matter, as Frum points out, when we shield people from the consequences of their actions, we get a society characterized not by thrift, sobriety, diligence, self-reliance, and prudence but by profligacy, intemperance, indolence, dependency, and indifference to consequences.

In fact, you may even find that there are many times when it was more enjoyable to be alone, and you might discover that the highest ratings you received when you were alone were equal to or higher than those for activities involving others.

I believe, as many say they believe, that everyone has the right to run his own life—to go to hell in his own fashion.