Quotes About Independence

This is much easier than when N left. Our son is unable to grasp and simultaneously turn doorknobs yet. If only this trick could be unlearned by men over thirty, many more families would celebrate Christmas together.

Gains There is no man in the house that I have to try to make happy. There are no more arguments, or nights when I turn away from N in quiet dispair as he snores with an entitled regularity. Everything also stays cleaner; the toilet seat is perpetually down. I have the remote control to the television; no one can take that away. I can watch the Lifetime channel without derision.

You must take control of events before they take control of you...If you don't do what you can for yourself, no one else will.

HASRI [HAHS-ree] En sánscrito, Hasri se refiere a alguien que es "siempre alegre o feliz". Ella trae alegría a quienes la rodean con su gracia y encanto. Ella actúa con compasión. Ella tiene un corazón amable. Nacido con habilidades de liderazgo, Hasri es inteligente y hábil. Ella es independiente.

In the end, my pursuit of the elusive New York State driver's license became about much more than a divorced woman's learning to drive for the first time.

Men know women are powerful, and we don't mind that one bit. It empowers us that you're empowered," writes clinical psychiatrist Paul Dobransky, M.D. "Unless, that is, you disempower us in order to feel empowered."3

I fucking matter," she tells Cas, her cheeks growing pink. "He has no right to tell me I don't.

For a moment we knew what it felt like to be free.

It's The Program or me. And I decide it's going to be me.

What he doesn't realize is I've been taking charity every time I let Travis buy me lunch, every time Retha and her mom bring us food. No—he doesn't ask for charity. He gets to keep his pride, leaving me to sacrifice mine instead.

The less money you owe, the less income you'll need and the less you'll have to save for tomorrow.

If you cannot pick yourself up, if you cannot start taking action right now, then who is going to do it for you?

there are women who devote themselves entirely to their families, their husbands and children, and give up cultivating their femininity. Mother rebelled against that paradigm...[Mr. Gregory's Mother]

Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. All the strength and succor you want are within you.

How often does a man ruin his disciples by remaining always with them! When men are once trained, it is essential that their leader leave them, for without his absence they cannot develop themselves. Plants always remain small under a big tree.

Liberty is the first condition of growth. It is wrong, a thousand times wrong, if any of you dares to say, 'I will work out the salvation of this woman or child.

Do not believe in a thing because you have read about it in a book. Do not believe in a thing because another man has said it was true. Do not believe in words because they are hallowed by tradition. Find out the truth for yourself. Reason it out. That is realization.

Stand alone! See the glory of your own soul, and see that you will have to work.

Above all, beware of compromises. I do not mean that you are to get into antagonism with anybody, but you have to hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others' "fads" through the greed of getting supporters. Your Atman is the support of the universe—whose support do you stand in need of?

The natural ambition of woman is through marriage to climb up, leaning upon a man; but those days are gone. You shall be great without the help of any man, just as you are.

The idea is, when a man receives a gift from another, his heart becomes impure, he becomes low, he loses his independence, he becomes bound and attached.

The mind of the man who receives gifts is acted on by the mind of the giver, so the receiver is likely to become degenerated. Receiving gifts is prone to destroy the independence of the mind, and make us slavish. Therefore, receive no gifts.

freedom is the first condition of growth. What you do not make free, will never grow.

I really saw myself as the quintessential Cinderella. I think that's when I really thought about how I wanted to do something else and get away from all that.