Quotes About Independence

Venciste, mujer, con no dejarte vencer.

I don't want to scrounge around and be homeless, and I want to finish my education.

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.

Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.

There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no independence quite so important, as living within your means.

This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.

I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.

But this does not detract from the wisdom of his faith in the people and his constant insistence that they be left to manage their own affairs. His opposition to bureaucracy will bear careful analysis, and the country could stand a great deal more of its application. The trouble with us is that we talk about Jefferson but do not follow him. In his theory that the people should manage their government, and not be managed by it, he was everlastingly right.

I always tell the girls never take it seriously, if you never take it seriously you never get hurt, if you never get hurt you always have fun, and if you ever get lonely just go to the record store and visit your friends.

Believe me, you can get into a lot of trouble being sixteen years old in a foreign country with no adult telling you when to come home.

I love physical kinds of comedy and getting down and dirty and doing stunts. When I was growing up, I was always getting into fights with guys and usually punching out boys my age because I was a lot bigger and tougher. So I'm naturally accustomed to putting myself into the headspace of a girl who can take care of herself.

In the weeks since I had made the decision to leave my father's house, I had grown up. And I had learned that not every battle can be fought by firing an arrow from a bow. But I would have to face whatever new challenges came my way as bravely as I had faced the Huns. I could not wallow in self-pity, thinking about what might have been. I had to do my duty. It was the only way to stay true to myself.

None of us can accept all what we may be offered in this life. Sometimes we must say no, even to love.

Whatever my destiny is, it's mine and nobody else's.

My desire to return home, if it was still home, on my own two feet. The same way I had left it behind.

I had absolutely no idea what I was about to face. I only knew that, for the first time in my life, I would be all alone.

What I was about to attempt was a thing that only I could do. And I would do it on my own.

To work entirely independent of others is art. To work creatively as a team, with a share of the work done privately, is design.

Ethiopia doesn't matter to the West," I say, stating the obvious. "We offer them nothing they can exploit.

in the future, perhaps as a den for Maja when she was older and wanted her own space. But at the moment it

It turned out that we had slightly different perspectives on life,' she said. 'He thought I should become a housewife and generally keep my trap shut. And I thought … well, not that.

They try to force me to sculpt here. They don't succeed, so they make trouble for me.

Les hommes libres peuvent partir, et quelquefois ils restent. Voilà la plus belle preuve d'amour: prendre la liberté de rester alors qu'on pourrait s'en aller.

Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up.