Barbara Kingsolver Quotes

Even if it's not what you planned, you can make a life for yourself on your own and be happy.

I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.

I always knew that I would have to make it on my own somehow.

No one ever taught me how to shave; no one ever sat down to watch a Braves game with me. I paid for Yale myself, I lived by myself, I taught myself how to play the guitar. I did this all on my own.

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.

But I've had to act and not depend on my voice so much.

Hero shows you how to solve the problem - yourself.

I don't need anybody to tell me how to be alive.

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.

We become strong, I feel, when we have no friends upon whom to lean, or to look to for moral guidance.

We can and we will solve our problems for ourselves. We know how. We can, and we will.

My only power is my ability to do something with passion and do it well. It's also something someone cannot take way from me, so it's very valuable.

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

It was important to me and, I think, important to my parents that I be on my own and figure things out on my own and kind of forge my own path, and I'm really grateful for that.

We fitted, amusingly enough, into none of the form categories of 'The Young American Couple'... security to us is in ourselves, and no job, not even money, can give us what we have to develop: faith in our work and hard, hard work, which is Spartan in many ways.

One thing I'd tell an up-and-coming singer is to never rely on other people for anything. The more self-sufficient you can be, the better off you'll be.

Luke Cage isn't going to throw a pity party for himself. He literally says to himself, 'This is the world I'm in. These are the circumstances I have.' He's a self-made man. He's trying to continuously build, and that's what's interesting about him. He's a work in progress.

When I was four, my mother insisted I get out of the car and find my own way home. Although I got lost, I did find my way home. It taught me the value of independence at an early age.

I'm going to give it my all, but I'm also going to know my worth, know that I have options, and that's the best feeling in the world.

I joined the army because I was a very self-sufficient young man. I always wanted to stand on my own two feet.

For me, growth and empowerment are about giving a woman a choice.

I'll handle living on my own. You've got to learn somehow. I'll take it all in my stride like I do everything else.

The imperfections in my family made me learn to deal with things on my own and solve problems for myself.

We never really know what people are capable of until the only person they can rely on is themselves.