Quotes About Self-reliance

A girl doesn't need anyone who doesn't need her

I had to use my wits or else I'd have been sunk - and nothings going to sink me. Everyone was always pulling at me, tugging at me, as if they wanted a piece of me. It was always, 'do this, do that,' and not just on the job but off, too. God, I've tried to stay intact, whole.

Always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie

Io credo che tutto accada per una ragione. Le persone cambiano perché tu possa imparare a lasciarle andare via. Le cose vanno male perché tu le possa apprezzare quando invece vanno bene, credi alle bugie perché poi imparerai a non fidarti di nessuno tranne che di te stesso, e qualche volta le cose buone vanno in pezzi perché cose migliori possano accadere.

Strong women don't have 'attitudes', we have standards.

Be able to live alone, even if you don't want to and think you will never find it necessary.

Because in the end you are really alone, whatever you do.

I realized that this is the theme I return to constantly - I'm always trying to prove to everyone that I can go it alone, that I can survive, that I don't need anybody.

Early on, I had to perform wherever I had the possibility. My audience was anything from 10 to 40 people. Then I started getting invited to the festivals, finding curators interested in presenting new forms of art, and going to important exhibitions. So many artists don't have that kind of stamina. They need collectors to buy the work or galleries to take care of them. I didn't have a gallery for at least 30 years. I had to do everything myself.

I can take care of myself. I've got plenty of potions. If he comes back again, I'll turn him into a frog and feed him to a duck.

Naturalmente —replicó el director—, la experiencia me dice que al final los que triunfan son los que dan más valor a lo que ellos creen de sí mismos que a lo que otros creen de ellos.

Comprendo que para algunos el ocio puede ser fatal; sé de varios jubilados que no fueron capaces de sobrevivir a esa interrupción de la rutina. Pero ésa es gente que se ha ido endureciendo, anquilosando, que virtualmente ha ido dejando de pensar por su cuenta. No creo que éste fuera mi caso. Yo pienso por mi cuenta. Pero aun pensando por mi cuenta, podría desconfiar del ocio, siempre que el ocio fuera una simple variante de la soledad;

Hija única. Yo también fui hijo único. Y no es fácil, uno acaba por sentirse desamparado.

Be Delivered from people and their opinions of you

Accidents don't happen to people who take accidents as a personal insult.

Being alone was easier. No risk, just loneliness. No one ever died from that.

You always knew what you had to do. No one ever told you. You had the resolve even then. Nor were you afraid of the dark or what waited for you there. But sometimes, I wish you had been.

was the sum of my experiences. I was my own person. I was who I needed to be, not what someone else wanted me to be.

Taking responsibility means acknowledging and accepting, at the deepest part of your identity, that you—not the market—are completely responsible for your success or failure as a trader.

People who have taught themselves how to live — what to be, what to do — from reading great works will not be overly susceptible to the culture industry's latest wares. They'll be able to sample them, or turn completely away—they'll have better things on their minds.

People who were abused as children tend to get angry and strike out at the world. People who were neglected tend to feel defeated and withdraw from the world. People who were not given guidance tend to lack confidence and self-reliance. Each pathway leads to different forms of self-defeat.

Those who have been coddled often develop a form of crazy in which they tell themselves, "Someone will do things for me." Consequently, they feel entitled to success and happiness without having to earn it.

self-identity ("This is who I am and the only way I feel confident, competent, and in control").

And I know I can do this because I went to London on my own, and because I solved the mystery…and I was brave and I wrote a book and that means I can do anything.