Quotes About Freedom

It seemed to me that the two remaining masts almost leaned forward, out of the vertical, so great was the pressure of wind in sails. Nothing broke, nothing tore—so beautiful was our position and so constant the current of air. It made the blood sing in my veins, and I knew I could be a sailor for life, if I chose. Yes, I could gladly wait a lifetime, a full sixteen years more, for such a sensation again. Without our effort, grace moved us forward.

and this contentment as well? Where we choose to be, where we choose to be—we have that power to determine our lives. We cannot reel time backward or forward, but we can take ourselves to the place that defines our being.

And it is the way of women. We allow each other our individuality. We do not insist that we dominate or control.

And he sailed off through night and day And in and out of weeks And almost over a year To where the wild things are.

Let's assume there really is no such thing as happiness, no such thing as peace, and no freedom either. But there are kind of attacks of senseless ecstasy. Can this be me?

Sales were lukewarm. Back home there was no freedom, but there were readers. Here there was freedom enough, but readers were missing.

Rich is my word for someone who can afford to make choices, who has enough resources to do more than merely survive.

You get to keep making art as long as you are willing to make the choices that let you make your art.

The reason you might choose to embrace the artist within you now is that this is the path to (cue the ironic music) security.

When you hire amazing people and give them freedom, they do amazing stuff. And

When we try to drill and practice someone into subservient obedience, we're stamping out the artist that lives within.

On top of this, if you do great work you gain the reward of knowing you're doing great work. Your day snaps into alignment with your dreams, and you no longer have to pretend you're mediocre. You're free to contribute.

Do What You Want; these are the 4 most frightening words brought to us by the Connection Revolution. If you want to sing, sing. If you want to lead, lead. If you want touch, connect, describe, disrupt, give, support, build, question—Do It. You will not be picked. But, if you want to pick yourself—go for it. The cost is that you own the results.

Quitting is better than coping because quitting frees you up to excel at something else.

Every day is a new chance to choose. Choose to change your perspective. Choose to flip the switch in your mind. Turn on the light and stop fretting about with insecurity and doubt. Choose to do your work and be free of distraction. Choose to see the best in someone

A life without attachment and stress can give you the freedom to see things as they are and call them as you see them. If you had this skill, what an asset you would be to any organization.

You weren't born to be a cog in the giant industrial machine. You were trained to become a cog. There's an alternative available to you.

we give up our freedoms and responsibilities in exchange for the certainty that comes from being told what to do

Quitting is better than coping because quitting frees you up to excel at something else. "Never

Like the fox, we've been trained to stay inside the fence, because inside the fence is where it's safe—until it's too late.

Some artists think they need a boss. Someone who will not only pay them, but also tell them what to do. The moment this happens, the artist is no longer an artist.

Atunci când g?sim empatia de a spune: "Îmi pare r?u, aceast? afacere nu e pentru mine. Iat? num?rul de telefon al concurentului meu", g?sim È™i libertatea de a face o treab? care conteaz?.

It's not for you- shows the ability to respect someone enough that you're not going to waste their time. It's the freedom to ignore the critics who don't get the joke.

You have the freedom to change how you spend your day. You can outsource the tasks and find the guts to do emotional labor instead. You can go out on a limb and do what others aren't doing. The most frustrated marketers I know are the ones who take it as a given that because they are in industry x, they have no freedom. And so real estate brokers hustle for listings and do precisely what the other brokers do.