Quotes about Self-sufficiency

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

He is poor, who has need of another, and has not from himself all things that are useful for life.

I aint drinkin after no mule, said the hermit. Have you not got no old bucket nor nothin?

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'.

How much filth there is in the Church, even among those who, in the priesthood, should belong entirely to Him. How much pride, how much self-sufficiency.

Self-sufficiency which first reared its head in the Garden of Eden, is the most fatal sin because it pulls us as if by a magnet that their lack of self-sufficiency is obvious to them every day. They must turn somewhere for strength, and sometimes they go through life relying on their natural gifts. But there's a chance, just a chance, that people who lack such natural advantages may cry out to God in their time of need.

Every tub must stand upon its own without the need of assistance.

No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

If you think someone or something other than yourself is responsible for your success or happiness, then you will be neither happy nor successful.

Only those who want everything done for them are bored.

The one small garden of a free gardener was all his need and due, not a garden swollen to a realm; his own hands to use, not the hands of others to command.