It is terrible to have to ask for anything ever. We wish we were something that needed nothing, like paint. But even paint needs repainting.
It is only as a man puts off from himself all external support, and stands alone, that I see him to be strong and to prevail.
A man--be the heavens ever praised!--is sufficient for himself.
The haughty woman who can stand alone, and requires no leaning-place in our hearts, loses the spell of her sex.
Men have been taught that it is a virtue to stand together. But the creator is the man who stands alone.
I'm not like Puff Daddy, I hold my own umbrella.
Every now and then we discover in the seething mass of humanity round us a person who does not seem to need anybody else, and the contrast with ourselves is stinging.
The issue is not whether or not we can stand with the President. It is whether, at the end of the day, we can stand with ourselves.
People naturally despise a dependant.
If a man were so placed or could so place himself as to be absolutely above all dependence on his fellow-beings he would become so proud and arrogant as to be a veritable burden and nuisance to the world.
You need to learn independence. You have to be independent - it builds character.
We women are fools to do so much for the man we love. And we forget to stand for ourselves.
I love not having to rely on anyone.
I'm independent as a hog on ice and a hog on ice is dead, cold, well-preserved and don't need a mother'grabbin, thing.
I'm not the kind of person that likes to be dependent.
Every substance is as a world apart, independent of everything else except God.
