Quotes About Independence

A willingness to go against the conventional wisdom was one of the side effects of looking at the world in a particular light.

A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.

A man who ain't got ideas of his own should be mighty careful who he borrows 'em from.

Some cowboys got too much tumbleweed in their blood to settle down.

Saddle your horse before sassin' the boss.

A go-getter is a cowboy who forgot to hobble his horse.

Why do you have to be the same as the others? ...Most of them are stupid.

The only thing that mattered was that the quarter century or so he had remaining would be his life, to live out as he chose and in his own best interests. Nothing took precedence over that: not work, not friendships, not relationships with women. Those were all components of his life, and valuable ones, but they did not define it or control it. That was up to him, and him alone.

If I start outsourcing all my navigation to a little talking box in my car, I'm sort of screwed. I'm going to lose my car in the parking lot every single time.

Your butt may like to sit, but your butt is not the boss of you! Say no to your butt.

If you don't watch it people will force you one way or the other, into doing what they think you should do, or into just being mule-stubborn and doing the opposite out of spite.

He Who Marches Out Of Step Hears Another Drum

In the end what separates a man from a slave? Money? Power? No, a man chooses... a slave obeys.

When children aren't given the space to struggle through things on their own, they don't learn to problem-solve very well. They don't learn to be confident in their own abilities, and it can affect their self-esteem.

Groupthink can diminish the group as a whole.

Businesses everywhere say they need people who are creative and can think independently. But the argument is not just about business. It's about having lives with purpose and meaning in and beyond whatever work we do.

Tog dana vra?aju?i se iz hotela plaza govorila je sama sebi da je njen ponosni gest, koji bi Zejnil smatrao bezumnim, važniji za dijete od svih pelena na svijetu, jer smješteno u njoj tako intimno zavisno od nje ono mora upiti u sebe njenu pobunu i prkos.

Everyone calls him Blockhead No one sings his praises Or takes him to heart... That is the kind of person I want to be

I was a leaf that had released its hold on the tree. This was my moment of motion, of flight – my solitary dance through the air, separate from my billion twins. No longer green and faceless on the tree, not yet crushed and decomposing on the forest floor.

That's the problem with civilization. Folks think someone else got to make up their rituals for 'em.

East Timor,

But she also taught me that a woman should be prepared to walk away and take care of herself. I can do that now. I've discovered what had been missing in my life and can never go back. My role in the success of the election is small but I've been a part of something huge.

Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing.

Freedom is the opportunity to make decisions...