Quotes About Independence

It takes courage to do what you want. Other people have a lot of plans for you... Follow your bliss.

My dream is to do whatever I want without any interference from the record company.

After I reached my teens I decided I didn't want to hang out with anyone. I couldn't handle the stupidity.

And I keep on fighting for the things I want. Though I know that when you're dead you can't. But I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than living as a puppet or a slave.

Everybody ought to be given a chance to do whatever they want, but be responsible for their own actions.

When you live for others' opinions, you are dead. I don't want to live thinking about how I'll be remembered.

I am my own person. What I'm doing, I'm happy with it. I'm doing what I want to.

It's nice to be able to try and build the life you want for yourself.

Freedom and relationship are polar opposites - they both exist on the same continuum. You DO want a relationship - and you DO want freedom - what you really want is BALANCE, you want wholeness.

I've never felt like I needed to change. I've always thought, 'If you want somebody different, pick somebody else.'

I usually don't have a burger, a brat, and a steak but it is 4th of July. And I need the energy if I'm gonna start blowin crap up. It's what the founding fathers would want.

A consultant solves other people"s problems. I could never do that. I want to help other people solve their own problems.

You can't believe something just because someone else desperately wants you to.

If someone doesn't want me, I'm not going to hang around and win them over.

That's one of the great advantages of age. You can say, I don't want to, I don't care, you can throw temper tantrums, and nobody minds.

The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.

Toddlers are active explorers. They eagerly try new things and use materials in different ways. Toddlers want to be independent and they have a strong sense of ownership.

People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.

For those people who want to keep following trends, you do that and when the trend goes away so will you.

My dad told us up front, 'Guys, if you want to play sports, go ahead, but it's your decision.

I Play When I Want to Play.

Being an employee is a bad outcome. You want to avoid that. Being an employee is never a good outcome. That's just an opinion.

I've no time for broads who want to rule the world alone. Without men, who'd do up the zipper on the back of your dress?

Running gives freedom. When you run you can determine your own tempo. You can choose your own course and think whatever you want. Nobody tells you what to do.