Quotes About Independence

To go wrong in one's own way is better then to go right in someone else's.

Collectivism and freedom are mortal enemies. Only one will survive

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

I have two doctors, my left leg and my right.

Men make their own happiness, and a man may be respected even though only a slave.

The bird that has taught its nestling to fly does not try to keep it in the nest, when it is once able to take care of itself.

Society can be a bitch." "And is by no means always right. Society can't know you like you know yourself. So don't let society be the judge of your actions. Only you can judge you.

Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.

It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.

The play is independent of the pages on which it is printed, and 'pure geometries' are independent of lecture rooms, or of any other detail of the physical world.

I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.

Ho sempre voluto farcela da solo, con i miei sforzi, senza chiedere nulla a nessuno.

Kafas?n? hiçbir zaman lügate e?memi? biriyle ne yapabilirsiniz ki?

Ben ters yönde dönen ve dünyan?n tersine giden ?eylerden korkmam, etrafta hüküm süren çöküntüyü ve her ?eyin eskiyip y?pranmaktaki inad?n? de?i?tirir bu, demek istedi?im anla??ld?ysa e?er.

A man has the right to be stupid on his own account, but not on behalf of others.

I must try and break through the cliches about Latin America. Superpowers and other outsiders have fought over us for centuries in ways that have nothing to do with our problems. In reality we are all alone.

Umilirea este cel mai teribil atentat la adresa libert??ii.

If ever we two had a soul, let our soul —keep on walking and leave us behind.

Bisogna fare la propria vita, come si fa un'opera d'arte. Bisogna che la vita d'un uomo d'intelletto sia opera di lui. La superiorità vera é tutta qui. Bisogna conservare ad ogni costo la libertà, fin nell'ebbrezza. La regola dell'uomo d'intelletto, eccola: - Habere, non haberi.

I don't want to be famous famous. I'm happy on the second tier, where I have autonomy on a professional level but I can still go out to the movies without being recognized.

Florentine… Florentine Lacasse…, moitié peuple, moitié chanson, moitié printemps, moitié misère… Une Florentine détestant servir, détestant chaque minute de son assujettissement à la vie et, cependant, donnant ses payes presque en entier à sa famille. Une jeune fille que consumaient le dégoût du travail quotidien et aussi le dévouement aux siens. Une Florentine inconnue!

The difficulty of living alone is that any mess he makes he is forced to clean up himself. No, the real difficulty of living alone is that no one cares if you are upset.

Maya knows that her mother left her in Island Books. But maybe that's what happens to all children at a certain age. Some children are left in shoe stores. And some children are left in toy stores. And some children are left in sandwich shops. And your whole life is determined by what store you get left in. She does not want to live in the sandwich shop.

You can either be a bystander who lives his life in reaction to the decisions that others make, or you can be the leader who is making those decisions.