#dependence

A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to. ↗

— Banksy

#initiative #oxymoron #paradox #independence

Sure, it sucked to be lost, but I'd long ago realized I preferred it to depending on anyone else to get me where I needed to go. That was the thing about being alone, in theory or in principle. Whatever happened- good, bad, or anywhere in between- it was always, if nothing else, all your own. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#self-reliance #solitude #independence

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#individualism #preference #independence

We are so accustomed to the comforts of "I cannot", "I do not want to" and "it is too difficult" that we forget to realize when we stop doing things for ourselves and expect others to dance around us, we are not achieving greatness. We have made ourselves weak. ↗

— Pandora Poikilos

#comfort-zone #independence #self-help #self-reliance #independence

The proverb warns that, 'You should not bite the hand that feeds you.' But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself. ↗

— Thomas Stephen Szasz

#independence #self-reliance #independence

I suspected, however, that I wasn't homesick for anything I would find at home when I returned. The longing was for what I wouldn't find: the past and all the people and places there were lost to me. ↗

— Alice Steinbach

#travel #independence

Independence isn't doing your own thing; it's doing the right thing on your own. ↗

— Kim John Payne

#independence

Payne nailing him in the face woke him up. George brought him back his independence. But Beth handed him his crown. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#independence

Her grief still burdened her, and she knew she would bear it the rest of her days. ↗

— Dana Fuller Ross

#independence

I'm independent and strong, but sometimes...just sometimes, it's nice to be taken case of. It's nice to be made to feel like a lady ↗

— Samantha Towle

#jake #lady #strong #the-mighty-storm #tru