Quotes about Self-sufficiency

I reckon a man in a tight might let Bill Varner patch him up like a mule, but I be damned if the man that'd let Anse Bundren treat him with raw cement aint got more spare legs than I have.

A simple and independent mind does not toil at the bidding of any prince.

A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.

Today God is bypassing men—not because they are too ignorant, but because they are too self-sufficient. Brethren, our abilities are our handicaps, and our talents our stumbling blocks!

Feel fee to be a usin' anythin' in the house, an' if there be anythin' thet ya be needin', make a list. I go to town most saturdays fer supplies, an' I can be a pickin' it up then. When ya feel more yerself like, ya might want to come along an' do yer own choosin'.

Everyone wants to be strong and self sufficient, but few are willing to put in the work necessary to achieve worthy goals.

I dont work with collectives. I don't consult, i don't co-operate, I don't collaborate.

It is the same way with dating. The time you are most prepared for dating is when you don't need anyone to complete you, fulfill you, or instill in you a sense of worth or purpose.

I always prided myself on the fact that I could live out of milk crates forever. It was kind of my way of detaching from materialism.

We cannot find Him unless we know we need Him. We forget this need when we take a self-sufficient pleasure in our own good works. The poor and helpless are the first to find Him, Who came to seek and to save that which was lost.

The proud man loves his own illusion and self-sufficiency. The spiritually poor man loves his very insufficiency.

There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no independence quite so important, as living within your means.