Self Sufficiency Quotes

"We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without." "Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn" "Never ask for anything. Never for anything, and especially from those who are stronger than you. They will make the offer themselves and give everything themselves." "The essence of independence is to be able to do something for one’s self." "It’s a mistake not to give people a chance to learn to depend on themselves while they are young" "The greatest wealth is to live content with little." "By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich" "If you have a garden and a library you have everything you need" "Independence is my happiness and I view things as they are without regard to place or person" "Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting." "The man who can best get along with women, is the man who can get along without them" "Wealth is the number of things one can do without" "The only truly affluent are those who do not want more than they have" "Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg." "A charming woman is a busy woman"