Robert G. Ingersoll Quotes

If Americans are reluctant to go on the dole that's because they have a healthy work ethic.

I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.

I have grown up alone. I've taken care of myself. I worked, earned money and was independent at 18.

Self government means self support.

I have always told my daughters not to be dependent on anyone in any capacity.

I want to earn my own way, I like having nice things but I've never accepted anything I haven't earned.

The right to life means that a man has the right to support his life by his own work (on any economic level, as high as his ability will carry him); it does not mean that others must provide him with the necessities of life.

I've spent my life supporting myself.

Never count on the crowd to take care of you.

Do whatever you want to persevere, work for your own things, and do not depend on anyone to be your provider. That way, in the future, you will be all right regardless of the circumstances.

My son's going to have a job, and if he wants to get a car when he gets his license, he's going to pay for it on his own like I did.

He who can not support himself, can not take his own decision.

I don't expect anyone to give me anything.

I left my marriage knowing I'd have to work. I have.

I don't want to be a burden on anybody.

Every tub must stand upon its bottom.

The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.

The reality about being economically dependent on someone else usually doesn't work out for women in the end. It's about being an adult and being responsible for your life. Most women have to work, so let's just get on with it.

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

We have broken the cycle of dependency. People have found out they're better off working.

My perception of life is not to ask Francois Hollande, who isn't the father of my children, to support me financially.

You cannot rely on other people's support.

I always knew there wasn't going to be anybody to help me and emotionally support me, that whatever I did I'd have to do on my own.

I pay my own bills. I feel my own pain.

I've always paid my own way, I've never lived off anyone.