Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Quotes

Even though it is difficult, it is easier for me to make my own things, by myself.

I think anything you do on your own, so to speak, I think, is worth more than something that is maybe looked upon as gifted to you or handed to you.

I used to think I needed a man to define myself. Not any more.

I'd like to thank my parents for always stressing, be an individual.

I don't need government to be successful.

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

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.

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

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 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.

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

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

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.

When we protect children from every possible source of danger, we also prevent them from having the kinds of experiences that develop their sense of self-reliance, their ability to assess and mitigate risk, and their sense of accomplishment.

I didn't want my parents to support me. I wanted to prove that I could do it by myself.

Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.

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.

A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnessary.

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

I think for a couple of years I was believing that I was doing it all on my own and I wasn't.

I think the best thing your parents can do for you is to let you be yourself.

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.

To make your own family is just the most empowering thing ever. It's the greatest thing you can ever pull off.

Being self-made means doing things your own way - and doing it without any handouts.

Autonomy leads to empowerment. We work hard to maintain a balance between collaboration and cooperation and independence.