Quotes About Independence

It is only as a man puts off from himself all external support, and stands alone, that I see him to be strong and to prevail.

I am sure of this, that by going much alone a man will get more of a noble courage in thought and word than from all the wisdom that is in books.

Let me admonish you, first of all, to go alone; to refuse the good models, even those which are sacred in the imagination of men, and dare to love God without mediator or veil.

The height, the deity of man is to be self-sustained, to need no gift, no foreign force. Society is good when it does not violate me, but best when it is likest to solitude.

No society can ever be so large as one man.

When private men shall act with original views, the lustre will be transferred from the actions of kings to those of gentlemen.

A man in a cave or in a camp, a nomad, will die with no more estate than the wolf or the horse leaves.

I was forced to grow up quicker than most. I was forced to be a young man at a young age.

Do I need men? I don't think it's about needing men. It's about love.

A man is entitled to say whatever he wants to say. It's America, freedom of speech.

Every man has a right to keep his own sentiments if he pleases.

I, painting from myself and to myself, Know what I do, am unmoved by men's blame Or their praise either.

Nothing is greater than to break the chains from the bodies of men, nothing nobler than to destroy the phantom of the soul.

Men! Too blind to see what a stone could see, and too stubborn to be trusted to think for themselves.

I will not get upset over men, but instead be poised and cool ice-queen.

The question is whether you can bear freedom. At present the vast majority of men, whether white or black, require the discipline of labor which enslaves them for their own good.

Every tree sends its fibres forth in search of the Wild. The cities import it at any price. Men plow and sail for it. From the forest and wilderness come the tonics and barks which brace mankind.

A man cannot wheedle nor overawe his Genius. It requires to be conciliated by nobler conduct than the world demands or can appreciate.

But perhaps a man is not required to bury himself.

Labor unions are the worst thing that ever struck the earth because they take away a man's independence.

There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.

The spark of liberty in the mind and spirit of man cannot be long extinguished; it will break into flames that will destroy every coercion which seems to limit it.

There is no man can take, there is no pool can slake, ultimately I am alone; ultimately I am done.

I don't need a man. I'm really happy with myself and being with my friends.