Quotes About Independence

I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house.

The finest inheritance you can give a child is to allow it to make its own way, completely on its own feet.

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

Female friendships that work are relationships in which women help each other belong to themselves.

It is no good to think that other people are out to serve our interests.

I wish that every child could have growing space because I think children are a little like plants. If they grow too close together, they become thin and sickly and never obtain maximum growth. We need room to grow.

It is true that no one can harm the person who wears armor. But no one can help him either.

I've discovered I'm a strong and capable person. I can handle almost anything except being alone with this.

Hail, ye heroes! heaven-born band! Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause.

A hero is a man who stands up manfully against his father and in the end victoriously overcomes him.

Whosoever would be a man must be a non-conformist.

You may lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.

I've always been suspicious of collective truths.

The British were white, English, and Protestant, just as we were. They had to have some other basis on which to justify independence, and happily they were able to formulate the inalienable truths set forth in the Declaration.

I would always encourage people of any age not to be so quick to follow other people's truths but to search and follow your own moral code and live by your own integrity, and mostly just be brave.

I don't need to hang out in a posse and try to act cool.

Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks.

People will always try to change you. They will always want you to be who they want you to be. That's fine because I'll always be exactly who I want to be.

Maybe other people will try to limit me but I don't limit myself.

I try to hire good people and let them do their job and don't question how they do things.

I try to please myself. I don't try to anticipate what people want to see.

I'm just trying to show people that I ain't gotta ride off no movement. I can ride off myself.

What I'm trying to say to girls is don't let these guys be in your head.

I'm not trying to fit in with nobody. I'm just me.