Quotes About Self-reliance

What sort of life is possible—with no ground beneath one's feet except the logic of one's own mind?

What sort of life is possible--with no ground beneath one's feet except the logic of one's own mind?

And to this I add: there is no divine intervention. There is no divine judge. So we must supply for ourselves notions of good and ill. This is the purview and millstone of the philosophe.

She wasn't clay in the hands of others; she was rock, and with her own determined hands, she could sculpt the person that she wanted to be. She

Taciturnity sometimes could be a sign of a healthy ego that did not require constant gratification

Women don't find me as appealing as they do, say, that singer Justin Bieber. But I take comfort from the fact that Justin Bieber wouldn't know how to escape from a walk-in freezer after being chained there by a couple of huge guys in porkpie hats. He couldn't sing his way out of a spot like that; inevitably, he would be a Biebersicle.

never come across a footprint other than one of her own.

He has no master here. He is an independent agent and pursues his own agenda.

it takes a hell of a man to replace no man.

Her life was her own now and if there was happiness to be found, it was up to her to seek it. She couldn't, wouldn't rely on anyone else ever again.

True confession: My dad wouldn't leave for Haiti until I proved to him that I could change a tire. According to him, that's like the one life skill you must know for human survival. That, and how to fry bacon.

She is able to draw the line between who she is and who she is not on every level, so she is able to discriminate without ambivalence—whether it's about a skirt or a man that simply isn't right for her life. It also makes it easy for her to ignore the pressure to be all things to all people, and to appreciate the company of herself—with a book, a glass of wine

Bring your own body.

Sometimes you're better off without what you thought you needed.

I love it that I'm standing alone, it doesn't bother me, actually I prefer it, actually I don't give a shit. I am a superior being in an alien world. No, in a world of red-faced aliens. That thought tickled her, but only for a minute. Mainly she longed to feel that she wasn't invisible.

Existentialism means that no one else can take a bath for you.

The world according to Bubba is simple - if it aggravates you, stop it. By whatever means necessary.

You don't have a partner, Marshal, You came here alone.

We're not our brother's keeper, Joseph. In fact, it's an insult to our brother to presume he can't take care of himself.

It's the process, how you become a man. Boys cling; men leave.

That when a woman moves on, she doesn't look back, and I'm that woman.

He gave me the same shrug and I saw that his mind wasn't for the changing. People like Mulkern are used to creating the facts on their own, then letting the rest of us in.

In one case, you're hoping someone else will do the right thing. In the other case, you're directing your own life, even if someone else does something stupid. Guess which path is going to be more successful.

Like a young eaglet that gets pushed out of the nest at the appropriate time, a young man must learn to fly on his own. If the nest is too cushy, if all of his creature comforts are there for his enjoyment, then he may set up his high-definition television and perch for a while.