Charlotte Bronte Quotes

If you let other people do it for you, they will do it to you.

No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.

Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.

Strength is the outcome of need; security sets a premium on feebleness.

Dependence is not patriotism. A man does not love his mother if he hangs about her to the point of burdening her with a weak, feckless son.

Relying on someone else to be successful only ties you down and limits you.

I would rather have a big burden and a strong back, than a weak back and a caddy to carry life's luggage.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Don't teach a man to fish and you feed yourself. He's a grown man, fishing's not that hard.

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

There is a number among us, young and old, of all sorts almost among us, that swarm up and down towns, and woods, and fields, whose care and work hitherto hath been like bees, only to get honey to their own hive.

Alone I'm nothing.

Through a huge duration of my life, someone has always picked up after me. And when you're on your own and you're trying to be independent, it's definitely different.

Mama was a country woman with a whole lot of common sense. She understood what most of our neighbors didn't - that I shouldn't grow dependent on anyone except myself. 'One of these days, I ain't gonna be here,' she kept hammering inside my head.

Sometimes people look to others for answers they can find within themselves. I don't really want the responsibility of being the guy they look to.

The black shadow cares for itself, not for you.

It's very disincentivizing to have others take care of your needs.

I change my mind so much, I'm better going on my own. Shopping is a selfish activity anyway.

I don't want to be a burden on anybody.

Solitude is strength; to depend on the presence of the crowd is weakness. The man who needs a mob to nerve him is much more alone than he imagines.

You cannot live on other people's promises, but if you promise others enough, you can live on your own.

I developed a sense of maturity when it comes to being dependent upon other people. I don't feel anyone really truly wants me to win more than I do.

No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person.

You cannot rely on other people's support.

You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.