Quotes About Independence

I was a mixture of being incredibly old for my age and incredibly backwards. I was born quite old, but then I stopped growing. I lived with my mum and dad till I was 30.

I'm definitely a bit of Peter Pan, reluctant to grow up....part of me would prefer not to have any responsibility whatsoever.

I needed a wife, goddamnit, someone to take care of me while I took care of business. But I was the wife. And mother. So

No," she said again, just because it felt good to say no to this person

Sometimes a person had to do certain things in order to survive the hard life of a single woman with a heavy burden of responsibility to bear.

The fate of every nation rests in its own power.

You know," Baba continues, "Pakistan has a lot of strong, independent, and brilliant women, in history, and today. Groups like the Taliban may be trying to hold them back. But the women will prevail. I know they will.

My grandmother is over eighty and still doesn't need glasses. Drinks right out of the bottle.

Philosophy means the complete liberty of the mind, and therefore independence of all social, political or religious prejudice... It loves one thing only... truth

The man who has no inner life is a slave to his surroundings.

Je m'en faisais une belle image, moi, de la liberté. Un truc sacré, presque, un truc dont on fait des statues.

La liberté, il y en a partout. Il faut juste avoir le courage de la prendre.

On peut être libre à plusieurs, j'ai dit. Moi, j'ai connu des solitudes qui ressemblaient vachement à des prisons.

Essaie de ne jamais oublier les rêves. La vie, les gens, tous essaieront de t'empêcher d'être libre. La liberté, c'est un boulot de tous les jours. Un boulot à plein temps.

Creative people are curious, flexible, persistent, and independent with a tremendous spirit of adventure and a love of play.

Låt inte någon välja ut dina syndabockar. Det är din sak. Om den skulle sammanfalla med någon annans syndabock, dussintals eller fler, byt bock. Den kan inte vara din.

Women were freed from positive duties when they could not perform them, but not when they could.

The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

Helmer: First and foremost, you are a wife and mother.Nora: That I don't believe any more. I believe that first and foremost I am an individual, just as much as you are.

Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt.

If I'm ever to reach any understanding of myself and the things around me, I must learn to stand alone. That's why I can't stay here with you any longer.

And when I stood there, high over everything, and was hanging the wreath over the vane, I said to him: Hear me now, thou Mighty One! From this day forward, I will be a free builder—I too, in my sphere—just as thou in thine. I will never more build churches for thee—only homes for human beings.

A forest bird never wants a cage.

The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone.