Thomas More Quotes

You have to hold your bloody own or you're lost.

I never found anyone who could look after me as well as I could look after myself.

I have always been independent.

I developed a sense of maturity when it comes to being dependent upon other people. I don't feel anyone really truly wants me to win more than I do.

I've always been brought up to stand on my own two feet and not rely too heavily on everyone else around me.

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

I can look after myself and my own.

I want to feel like I can take care of myself.

I've always been very independent; I take care of myself.

There's no better way to be than depending on yourself.

Never count on the crowd to take care of you.

So many people always try to help me carry my luggage and help me do things I can do myself. If I can do it myself, I'm going to do it myself. I'm not going to let other people do it for me, and I think that's a big part of where I came from. I'm not a real prissy girl.

Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.

I like women who are self-sufficient.

Everyone has to kind of fend for themselves.

No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person.

I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow; if I fail, or if I succeed at least I did as I believe.

I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.

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.

The truth is that since childhood I had cultivated an existential independence. It came from perceiving the adults around me as unreliable, and without it I felt I wouldn't have survived. I cared deeply for everyone in my family, but in the end I depended on myself.

A thug is someone who stands on his own. He lives by the decisions he makes and accepts the consequences. A thug is comfortable in his own skin. I wear mine like a glove.

Since being quite young, I've had a very strong sense of independence and survival. As a child, I was on my own two feet emotionally.

The finest inheritance you can give to a child is to allow it to make its own way, completely on its own feet.

I guess I'm just fiercely independent.

My philosophy is, unless you're sick and need help, why bother?