Quotes About Self-reliance

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

He is free who knows to keep in his own hands the power to decide, at each step, the course of his life and who lives in a society which does not block the exercise of that power

Freedom is from within.

Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency

I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.

The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully

If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however free one can be on this planet.

My father told me the only thing you can trust in this world is yourself, so I didn't trust!

I used to care what people think about me until I tried paying my bills with their thoughts.

Single is not a status. It is a word that best describes a person who is strong enough to live and enjoy life without depending on others. Just kidding, It's miserable seeing everyone else with someone.

I don't need a man to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we'll ever have is the one with ourselves.

Being single is pretty good. It's a nice sense of irresponsibility.

If you don't run your own life, somebody else will.

Gainfully unemployed, very proud of it, too.

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far.

A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself.

My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation but I'm working on the foundation.

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.

If there is only one thing in my life that I am proud of, it's that I've never been a kept woman.

I live to suceed, not to please you or anyone else.

I learned to walk as a baby and I haven't had a lesson since.

How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.

Just because you fall once, doesn't mean you're fall at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always trust yourself, because if you don't then who will??