Quotes About Self-supporting

But there were no servants here. She would have to manage by herself.

I'm such an independent person, I always want to do everything myself.

The most important thing, I've found, is to be self-reliant.

Don't have a mother," he said. Not only had he no mother, but he had not the slightest desire to have one. He thought them very over-rated persons. J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan

I like my work to stand on its own as much as possible.

A further detail: this gringo writer was self-supporting and had no connection to the American embassy or any foreign organization.

But Beatrix knew very well that there were no jobs, not even the most pitiful office routine - she wasn't even qualified for that - and that no one would allow her to sleep until late in the afternoon because these ill-advised people all around her let themselves be squeezed into schedules; that she would never work, least of all learn a trade, because she had no ambition whatsoever to earn a single shilling, become self-supporting and spend eight hours a day with people who smelled bad.

Every fat must stand upon its own bottom;

Every tub must stand upon its own without the need of assistance.

The desire to be self-supporting and financially independent is a divine desire

I don't like needing anyone for anything.

self-contained,

Freedom without the means to be self-supporting is a one-armed triumph.

I agree with everything he said about emotional independence which he listed as his most important item.