Max Stirner Quotes

Every now and then we discover in the seething mass of humanity round us a person who does not seem to need anybody else, and the contrast with ourselves is stinging.

I'm a very independent person.

A complete man should need no auxiliaries to his personal presence.

I'm grateful I've got my mind. I can take care of my own business.

I need someone who is able to hold her own - if a girl is really independent, that's a turn-on for me.

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.

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

I never ask anyone for anything. I've just not been brought up like that.

There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self.

I'm not someone who feels the pressure of someone else's expectations. That's a very young way to feel.

I know what I can do so it doesn't bother me what other people think or their opinion on the situation.

I don't ever want to have to depend on anyone completely.

Unlike a lot of people, I don't need the affirmation or anything.

Power won't change me.

My music has always been enough.

I don't feel like I have to prove anybody right or wrong.

Nobody can stop me from being what I want to be.

I'm a very self-sufficient person, much like a lot of people I work with.

I've always been my own guy.

I don't think my husband's work depends on what I say and what I do. My husband stands on his own two feet.

I will not sulk about having no boyfriend, but develop inner poise and authority and sense of self as woman of substance, complete without boyfriend, as best way to obtain boyfriend.

I'm not the kind of person that likes to be dependent.

Independence of mind or strength of character is rarely found among those who cannot be confident that they will make their way by their own effort.... Indeed, when security is understood in too absolute a sense, the general striving for it, far from increasing the chances of freedom, becomes the greatest threat to it.

Most happy is he who is entirely self-reliant, and who centers all his requirements in himself alone.

To me, authority is something that a freer spirit, a more independent mind, and a person who can handle the world, doesn't need guidance from.