Quotes About Independence

My confused feeling for her had been holding me back, and I had to clung to her out of my fear of being forced out on my own, and cut adrift.

Até um homem de mente fraca quer ser como os outros homens. Uma criança pode não saber como se alimentar, ou o que comer, mas ela conhece a fome.

Love without freedom does not exist.

If we have the good fortune to be allergic to submission, to forms, to dogmas, to beliefs, to infallibility, to the idea of forming an artificial family isolated from society, and if we desire above all to live life deeply, perfectly integrated in society, then Tantra has something marvelous to offer to us. But Tantra requires a maturity, an independence, and a willingness not to conform.

Everything breaks free from your own heart, no one gives you anything whatsoever, no one acts to provoke anything whatsoever. Love emerges from you because it is in you.

Children don't need learning. They need access to what they want to learn outside the home.

We are inclined to think of hunters and gatherers as poor because they don't have anything; perhaps better to think of them for that reason as free. MARSHALL SAHLINS

What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it, written as well as you, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself—and thus make yourself indispensable.

The car is my father's magic carpet. Not only does it get him places, but it shows him places.

It is she who has enough confidence to define success and failure for herself who succeeds.

Cowboying is all I've done my whole life.

All over the world, independent and strong civil society – NGOs, faith leaders, and other community advocates – help governments solve problems and better serve their people better by shining a light on the issues that matter most – like education standards, access to healthcare, the rule of law, and economic opportunity.

Learning in our family was entirely self-directed.

A "daddys little girl" is the one who would rather get her hands covered in engine oil with dad, than stay in the house and bake buns with her mother!

"Friday's a free day. A woman's day."

"Give a girl the correct footwear and she can conquer the world."

Treat your career like a bad boyfriend. Your career wont take care of you. It won't call you back or introduce you to its parents. Your career will openly flirt with other people while you are around.

"Life only delivers to people that create their own postal code."

I said school starts tomorrow. I didn't say I was going to be there.

So many times, people told me I can't do this or can't do that. My nature is that I don't listen very well. I'm very determined, and I believe in myself. My parents brought me up that way. Thank God for that. I don't let anything stand in my way.

Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!

Secret of happiness: Don't expect anything from anyone!

If you want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them.

Don't let anyone ever make you feel like you don't deserve what you want.