Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes

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

There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance--do not sacrifice that to anything else.

It is better to rely on yourself than on your friends.

Being self-supporting is important to me.

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

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's.

I'm not asking the public to trust me; I'm asking the public to trust themselves.

Until you're the person that other people fall back on, until you're the one that's leaned on, not the person doing the leaning, you're not an adult.

I'm a very independent person.

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

We are such lovers of self-reliance, that we excuse in a man many sins, if he will show us a complete satisfaction in his position, which asks no leave to be, of mine, or any man's good opinion.

I think people can generally trust me, but they can trust me exactly because they know they don't have to.

I'm sufficiently independent to know that I can live well and comfortably all the rest of my life whether I'm rejected or not.

You can't rely on anything. At the end of the day, all you have is yourself.

My point is: in this whole wide world the only person you can depend on is you.

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

I think I have enough of a sense to know what works for me and what doesn't, without going into some big thing and analyzing what I do. I'm in a position that allows me to do what I want to do, and I do it.

I have been very independent from day I arrived in Washington.

I'm not the kind of person that seeks out other people's opinions on my works.

And don't consult anyone's opinions but your own.

I do not think that I am a person who cannot be trusted.

All I've ever needed is myself.

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.

I do my own thing. And I believe what I do is the right thing.