One's survival in this world is largely dependent on others but one's happiness is solely dependent on oneself.

Who wouldn't live in utter despair if their sense of self depended entirely on the opinions of others?

Dependency breeds contempt.

Who wouldn't despair if their sense of self depended entirely on the opinions of others?

The surest way to be unhappy is to wait for something or somebody to make you happy.

Make people dependent on you and you can rob them of their freedom, their dignity, their very soul. That's what tyrants do.

The punishment for acting helpless is to find yourself at the mercy of others.

It is dependency, not familiarity, that breeds contempt.

Ambition=dependency.