The myth of self-sufficiency blinds us to the workings of…

In the early nineteenth century, the doctrine of self-sufficiency came to apply to families as well as individuals… The familybecame a special protected place,…

— Kenneth Keniston

The myth of the self-sufficient individual and of the self-sufficient, protected, and protective familytells us that those who need help are ultimately inadequate. And…

— Kenneth Keniston

I think the greatest thing in the world is to believe in people.

— John Galsworthy

Self-sufficiency is the enemy of salvation. If you are self-sufficient, you have no need of God. If you have no need of God, you…

— William Nicholson

Recognizing that family self-sufficiency is a false myth, we also need to acknowledge that all today's families need help in raising children. The problem…

— Kenneth Keniston

Indeed, the keynote of government is injustice. With the arrogance and self-sufficiency of the King who could do no wrong, governments ordain, judge, condemn,…

— Emma Goldman

A lot of people say there is no happiness in this life and certainly there's no permanent happiness. But self-sufficiency creates happiness.

— Bob Dylan

Surrounded by the self -sufficiency of American culture, we can convince ourselves that we have what it takes to achieve something great.

— David Platt

America has a history of political isolation and economic self-sufficiency; its citizens have tended to regard the rest of the world as a disaster…

— Alison Lurie

A very real barrier to faith is this feeling of self-sufficiency, this unrealistic idea that one can accomplish everything by his or her own…

— Norman Vincent Peale

“The flat is small, with only a sliver of ocean view from the bedroom window, but I pay for it myself—not from the family…

— Emma Chase

We in the West seem to have made a fetish out of complete individual self-sufficiency, of not needing help, of being completely private except…

— Carl Rogers

In many cases, mathematics is an escape from reality. The mathematician finds his own monastic niche and happiness in pursuits that are disconnected from…

— Stanislaw Ulam

Annual earnings in the fast-food industry are well below the income needed for self-sufficiency, and fast-food industry jobs are also much less likely than…

— David Rolf

Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.

— Quentin Crisp