With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man walk alone.

I was offered a job on Wall Street by my uncle. But I wanted to get out. Make-it-on-my-own kinda thing.

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls.

When the best leader’s work is done the people say, ‚We did it ourselves.‘

There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly life need in no way occasion surprise.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

I don’t want followers.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

My rich dad believed we should all learn to take care of ourselves.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

If you want to cut your own throat, don’t come to me for a bandage.

The moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.

Be Prepared… the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any accident or emergency so that he is never taken by surprise.

A lot of people tell me a lot of things about my conduct, my game, my future… but I try to stay away from their words of wisdom. I don’t let it distract me. On the field, you will be facing the ball alone. If you fail, you will the only one to blame. So, you should be the one deciding for yourself.

For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it’s time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward.

We do not need the empire to give us anything.

I would rather make my name than inherit it.

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

The people you choose to have around you make all the difference. My family and close friends keep me grounded. You have to have a mind of your own and a strong head on your shoulders. Cricket is the most important thing to me, so the rest of it pales in comparison.

No one can live without relationship. You may withdraw into the mountains, become a monk, a sannyasi, wander off into the desert by yourself, but you are related. You cannot escape from that absolute fact. You cannot exist in isolation.

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.

A woman can’t be alone. She needs a man. A man and a woman support and strengthen each other. She just can’t do it by herself.

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one’s self?

My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house and made me find my own way home across the fields. I got hopelessly lost.

I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I am not bound by the opinions of men.

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.

Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself.

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.

I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.

Those who know how to think need no teachers.

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

What I tell my kids is, ‚I’m preparing you for college and for life. So, having independence, knowing how to set your own boundaries, figuring out how to make that balance. We still have screen-time rules.‘

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

Many people, especially young people, would like to be more independent and on their own. But it is very difficult and they suffer from feelings of isolation. I think that is one reason why young readers support my work.

What did I owe the rest of the world? Nothing.

Many churches of all persuasions are hiring research agencies to poll neighborhoods, asking what kind of church they prefer. Then the local churches design themselves to fit the desires of the people. True faith in God that demands selflessness is being replaced by trendy religion that serves the selfish.

There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly.

Nobody is my boss.

When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence often brings about momentary results. Nations have frequently won their independence in battle. But in spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace.

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.

The trouble ain’t that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain’t distributed right.

The former colonies, in Latin America in particular, have a better chance than ever before to overcome centuries of subjugation, violence and foreign intervention, which they have so far survived as dependencies with islands of luxury in a sea of misery.

Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature.

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.

I used to wonder if it was God’s plan that I should be alone for so much of my life. But I found peace. I found happiness within people and the world.

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

We’re not a fragile people. We’re not a frightful people. Our power doesn’t come from some self-declared savior promising that he alone can restore order as long as we do things his way. We don’t look to be ruled.

One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.

I myself have been on my own and utterly independent since I graduated. I haven’t belonged to any company or any system. It isn’t easy to live like this in Japan.

We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.

I’ve been called a recluse. There’s definitely truth in that. I like to spend time alone.

Only those who want everything done for them are bored.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.

Despair is the conclusion of fools.