Quotes About Independence

How can you manage all alone, Mr. Young?" His large, almost girlish eyes rested on her for a moment before he replied, and then it was in the softest and gentlest of voices. "Oh, I get along pretty well with them. 

this in itself was compensation, for it is always easier to lean upon another than to stand alone

That is new-womanish talk," he frowned. "Equal rights, the ballot, and all that.

aloof from the society of ordinary mortals

young Araminta Smade

The royal Mongol women raced horses, commanded in war, presided as judges over criminal cases, ruled vast territories, and sometimes wrestled men in public sporting competitions. They arrogantly rejected the customs of civilized women of neighboring cultures, such as wearing the veil, binding their feet, or hiding in seclusion.

One of the first to reevaluate Genghis Khan was an unlikely candidate: peace advocate Jawaharlal Nehru, the father of Indian independence.

Only a few details have survived from Temujin's earliest childhood, and they do not suggest that he was highly valued by his father. His father once accidentally left him behind when they moved to another camp.

trouble. As an extension of a married woman's ownership of the cart, the wife handled all issues related to money, barter, or commerce.

Although there are many things you can rely on, no one is more reliable than yourself.

Fate did not hand Genghis Khan his destiny; he made it for himself.

With her husband dead and no other man willing to take her, Hoelun was now outside the family, and as such no one had any obligation to help her. The message that she was no longer a part of the band came to her, the way Mongols always symbolize relationships, through food.

Control your own destiny, or someone else will.

As often as not, we forge our own chains. And from those, not even Adonai Himself can free us. We must do it ourselves.

The fact that he might have other things to do with his time than spend it shepherding his master's head-strong, thousand-ducat-a-night anguisette through one of the most unsavory quarters of the City never crossed my mind.

You should embrace your freedom, my lady. Lay down your long burden. You belong to the world of the living. Return to it.

Os homens irão deixar-te, a tua beleza irá desaparecer, os teus filhos irão crescer e partir e tudo o que pensaste ser a tua vida irá azedar; a única coisa com que podes contar é contigo mesma e com o teu talento.

I'll wheel you into the kitchen, Katy,' said Clover. 'I can wheel myself,' I said. 'So what have you two been up to?

Yes indeed,' said Miss Gibson. 'I'm starting to be very glad my last girl flounced off!' I

I'm not going to get married at all,' I said. 'It's too easy to pick the wrong person. I'm going to live all by myself and I'm going to eat all my favourite things every day and stay up as late as I like, and I shall read all day and write stories and draw pictures with no one bothering me or fussing or needing to be looked after.

he believed that it is a weak country that does not take care of its own

because you can't encourage independence of spirit and expect a child to remain hanging on to your skirts.

Though there was the occasional supper engagement, so often her evenings were spent alone, her staple diet being the large pan of soup she made at the beginning of the week. And later, as she donned her flannel pajamas and pulled a pillow

Not you. Only Fräulein Donat.