Quotes About Independence

One should never fall in the belief that you can find someone to pick you up.

A young man who insists that his mother should lay out three separate sets of clothes every morning for him to take his choice at his leisure is unlikely to be popular in any century.

But even though she was attractive, there was something else about her that caught his eye. She was intelligent, he could sense that right away, and confident, too, as if she were able to move through life on her own terms. To him, these were the things that really mattered. Without them, beauty was nothing.

Don't take my advice. Or anyone's advice. Trust yourself. For good or for bad, happy or unhappy, it's your life, and what you do with it has always been entirely up to you.

Would you stop thinking about what everyone wants. Stop thinking about what I want, what he wants, what your parents want. What do you want?

It might seem as the hardest thing to do, but you have to forget the guy who forgot about you.

And suddenly she knew exactly why Catherine had fallen in love with him. It wasn't that he was unusually attractive, or ambitious, or even charming. He was partly those things, but more important, he seemed to live life on his own terms.

I think you're intelligent and charming, and that you're a person with a kind heart. I know that when you want to, you can look more beautiful than anyone I've ever met. You're independent, you've got a good sense of humor, and you show surprising patience with children. -Alex

If people don't like you, or they think you're strange, then that's their problem.

Stop thinking about what I want, what he wants, what your parents want. What do YOU want?

I think you can do whatever you want. In the end, we all live the life we choose for ourselves.

In the end, the only one you can ever really please is yourself. How others feel is up to them.

The last thing she'd wanted was anything as complicated as a relationship, for it felt as though there we're though complication in her life already.

I can't make this decision for you…this one's yours. I want you to know, though, that I love you. And I always will. I know that doesn't help, but it's all I can do.

more time she'd spent with him, the more convinced she became that he was by far the sexiest guy she'd ever met. Who else did she know who could work with his hands the way he did? Who could make her laugh? Who was smart and charming, self-reliant and tender?

You're choosing to let life control you, instead of the other way around. That's the big secret. You choose the kind of life you want to live.

the only one you can ever really please is yourself. How others feel is up to them.

you can do whatever you want. In the end, we all live the life we choose for ourselves.

We've never tried to fit any mould because we already broke the one we started.

I have had the good fortune to be able to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. I have enjoyed the freedom I had gained from building a successful business from scratch, making some money, and creating the lifestyle I wanted.

This is one of my definitions of mountaineering: to go where others do not.

You know, I'm an eagle, flying around in the mountains.

What you do once you're beyond the confines of your local lift service can be as limitless as the mountains themselves.

I go to the wild mountains where I am responsible for myself. Step by step I am making sure that I don't die.