Quotes About Self-reliance

I've always written my own scripts, I really like doing everything from the beginning and taking it all the way through, I've probably learned that from my dad.

When you're nearing 35, going, 'Hey Dad, I can't make these payments,' just isn't cool.

I never take it as any real pressure. It's like my son. I only gave him one lesson. When I went to give him the second one he said, 'Oh, I can do that dad.' I said, 'Now you're on your own.'

Single by choice, just not my choice.

I'm single. I'm independent. And I'm dating. I think if you're honest that you're dating, there's nothing wrong with that.

I'm not interested in serial dating; I'd honestly rather be single.

Not dating is a choice, not a failure.

When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death-ourselves.

Perdiccas threatened to put him to death unless he came to him, "That's nothing wonderful," Diogenes said, "for a beetle or a tarantula would do the same."

...but even strong women need an arm to lean on now and then. (Anna Whitney in Glory in Death)

All travellers who had preceded me into the Barren Grounds had relied on the abundant game, and in consequence suffered dreadful hardships; in some cases even starved to death.

My father's death took me to a place I had never been and a place I had never left. In his absence, I've had to rely more on myself.

The world runs by ungrace. Everything depends on what I do.

People who are rich, successful, and beautiful may well go through life relying on their natural gifts.

I am a woman who makes things happen, and I am not defeated yet. I am not defeated by a boy with a newly won crown, and no man will ever walk away from me certain that he won't walk back.

She flashed me a quick black glance and then her dark eyelashes swept down on her cheeks. 'Not me,' she said 'I make my own plans. I don't risk being taken up and dropped again.' 'You told me to risk it.' I reminded her. 'That was for you,' she said 'I would not live my life as you live yours. You would always do as you were bid. I am not like you. I make my own way.

Don't waste your courage on hating him. Keep yourself to yourself. And keep up your courage.

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

A woman needs to be economically independent more than she needs a lover or a child.

If you need to be rescued by someone, become that someone yourself. Become Princess Charming. She is you.

If we are not strong, our offers of help are minimally useful.

Bink stared the way Jewel had gone. I wish there was something I could do. You can leave her alone, Cherie said firmly. She must make her own life.

Instead of lamenting your fate, create your world.

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.