Jason Fried Quotes

You get the best out of people by allowing them to do their best work.

In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.

I love working alone. Crave it, in fact. I feel truly alive then.

He travels the fastest who travels alone.

You like to be independent, but you will need to learn to ask for help. It doesn't make you weak.

We have to move from our devotion to independence, through an understanding of interdependence

One philosophy I have at AngelList is I would rather have someone working on the wrong thing and do it their way and be motivated, than working on the right thing and do it my way and not be motivated.

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

I think I have learned, in some degree at least, to disregard the old maxim ""Do not get others to do what you can do yourself."" My motto on the other hand is; ""Do not do that which others can do as well.

Let us even bid our dearest friends farewell, and defy them, saying, "Who are you? Unhand me: I will be dependent no more." Ah! seest thou not, O brother, that thus we part only to meet again on a higher platform, and only be more each other's, because we are more our own?

Freedom is the slogan which speaks to the ears of people who feel strong enough to manage on their own using their own resources, who can do without dependency because they can do without others caring for them.

I’d like to take care of someone but at the same time I like girls who are independent.

Enabling is the enemy of motivation.

Never allow others to think you always have the best answers. This will only make them dependent on you.

It's not dependency that creates your future. It's independence that creates your better future.

I went from being married to living on my own in L.A., to having a new boyfriend and just being totally self-sufficient and super independent. It's awesome. I love it!

When Marcus Garvey spoke about self-reliance, he wasn't only talking about people of colour. It's like self-reliance in general, for anyone. Just keep moving and moving within the right direction, and everything will be all right.

I do believe in self-help.

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.

My mother always gives the best advice. When I left Puerto Rico to pursue my dreams, she always supported me and said to me, 'I'm never going to cut your wings, so don't let anyone else do that to you.' That has been my philosophy through life. I want to share that valuable lesson with my little girl someday.

In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.

Some people do better on their own. I don't.

Our aim is to help the clients help themselves, not to tell them what to think.

If there was one word on a motivation or world view, that one word would be 'liberty.' That's what inspires me and motivates me more than anything - just the concept of freedom, liberty, what it means.

Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.