Look at nature, work independently, and solve your own problems.
When America's early pioneers first turned their eyes toward the West, they did not demand that somebody take care of them if they got ill or got old. They did not demand maximum pay for minimum work, and even pay for no work at all.
I was emancipated at 15. I went to school and had a full-time job and apartment, and ever since, I've been on my own, parenting myself.
I'm independent; I live by myself.
We should devote ourselves to being self-sufficient and must not depend upon the external ratings by others for our happiness.
People don't really give me much anymore, and for good reason. I have to pay for a lot of stuff now, I can afford a lot more than I ever could before. No one really gives me anything anymore, but it feels good.
We always did everything ourselves.
The height, the deity of man is to be self-sustained, to need no gift, no foreign force. Society is good when it does not violate me, but best when it is likest to solitude.
... no man or woman should depend upon another for maintenance and necessaries. Family discord and social degradation will never end till each depends upon herself.
I knew that if-God forbid-anything ever happened in my life, I needed to know how to take care of myself.
Don't let yourself fall into 'empty.' Keep cash in the house. Keep gas in your tank. Keep an extra roll of toilet paper squirreled away. Keep your phone charged.
I've spent my life supporting myself.
I'm very involved with learning to be self-sufficient.
I did work and bought all my own clothes and shoes since I was 9 years old. That's not a typical American childhood life.
My father paid for my education; then he made it clear that I was on my own.
