self-reliance

from the nytimes:

"[Justice Priscilla R. Owen] represents a part of the Texas culture that is basically a frontier mentality," said Linda S. Eads, a law professor at Southern Methodist University and a former deputy attorney general of Texas who supports Ms. Owen's nomination.

"You don't cry about your hardships, you just keep moving forward," Professor Eads said. "In some ways, it's a very empowering philosophy, and in some ways it can be seen as cold. I guess it depends on which side of the outcome you are."

and from sheilabeela:

They always say time changes things,
but you actually have to change them yourself.
-Andy Warhol