Maria Montessori Quotes

A great burden was lifted from my shoulders the day I realized that no one owes me anything.

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?

Alone I'm nothing.

In America we tell our parents to bring their child home and put him or her in a crib; as they get older, children sleep in they own room not in Mom and Dad's room. What are we training them for? It's independence, because that's what being empowered is all about.

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

Freedom is not of use to those who do not know how to employ it.

A Black man should be more independent and depend on himself for his freedom and not to take it for granted that someone would lead him to it. The blacks are tired of standing at the touchlines to witness a game that they should be playing. They want to do things for themselves and all by themselves.

A free man will ask neither what his country can do for him nor what he can do for his country.

We feel the need to emphasize with greater clarity the obligation for members of the Church to become more independent and self reliant.

Take responsiblilty for yourself because no one's going to take responsibility for you.

It's a mistake not to give people a chance to learn to depend on themselves while they are young.

Freedon succeeds from the moment people stop looking to others to improve their lives and start taking responsibility.

Never neglect what you can do for yourself in the form of another.

Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons.

If you let other people do it for you, they will do it to you.

If someone else isn't making it happen for you, make it happen yourself.

The idea that somebody else is going to swoop down and play the fairy godmother role is pretty unlikely, so why not take care of yourself?

I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.

I think I'm mostly looking forward to the college life. I'm looking forward to more freedom. Here everything is really structured and scheduled, but in college you've got to be more responsible and you can get things done on your own time. I'm really looking forward to that.

I wanted to be an independent woman, a woman who could pay for her bills, a woman who could run her own life - and I became that woman.

I consider myself to be a very strong, independent woman.

South Carolinians are strong, independently-minded people. At the end of the day, they make their own decisions. And I respect them for that. And I welcome that. And I told him that from the very beginning.

I grew up with just my mom. She and I were like best friends. She's a very independent woman and I admire that about her. In my life, I've tried to be like that. To be okay with being on my own and being independent.

I hope my books empower kids, and that they learn how to work out their problems themselves.

The big things I've had are things I bought myself.