“ I had never been as resigned to ready-made ideas as I was to ready-made clothes perhaps because although I couldn't sew I could think. Jane Rule
“ Happiness belongs to those who are sufficient unto themselves. For all external sources of happiness and pleasure are by their very nature highly uncertain precarious ephemeral and subject to cha… Arthur Schopenhauer
“ Be yourself and think for yourself and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the conclusions forced upon you. Elbert Hubbard
“ Each of us makes his own weather determines the color of the skies in the emotional universe which he inhabits. Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
“ To character and success two things contradictory as they may seem must go together-humble dependence and manly independence: humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self. William Wordsworth
“ Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward Patricia Sampson
“ I've never met a person, I don't care what his condition, in whom I could not see possibilities. I don't care how much a man may consider himself a failure. I believe in him, for he can change the thi… Preston Bradley
“ Fair play with others is primarily not blaming them for anything that is wrong with us. Eric Hoffer
“ The U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. Benjamin Franklin
“ He who has no opinion of his own but depends upon the opinion and taste of others is a slave. Friedrich Klopstock
“ Choice of attention-to pay attention to this and ignore that-is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the conseque… W. H. Auden
“ Women share with men the need for personal success even the taste for power and no longer are we willing to satisfy those needs through the achievements of surrogates whether husbands children or… Elizabeth Dole
“ What we say and what we do ultimately comes back to us so let us own our responsibility place it in our hands and carry it with dignity and strength. Gloria Evangelina Anzaldua
“ I am learning that if I just go on accepting the framework for life that others have given me if I fail to make my own choices the reason for my life will be missing. I will be unable to recognize t… Liv Ullmann
“ The amount of satisfaction you get from life depends largely on your own ingenuity self-sufficiency and resourcefulness. People who wait around for life to supply their satisfaction usually find bor… Dr. William Menninger
