Quotes About Independence

Because I know my daughter, she said. And I know very well that the only way to absolutely ensure that she pursues any given course of action is for me to forbid her to do so.

If you know that much," I said, "if you are that powerful, why did you hire a bodyguard to bring you here?" "My feet don't reach the pedals.

What's the point of free will, if not to spit in the eye of destiny?

But it also meant that I had me on my side. And I liked the way that felt.

Can't just tell a soul it is free, Tavar. Freedom must be done for oneself. Important that the slaves created their own freedom.

And besides. You can't go around making people's choices for them. Not if you love them.

Classic lady in distress. For one of those liberated, professional women, she knew exactly how to jerk my old-fashioned chains around.

The risk of relying too much on trying to control children from the outside in, is that this often causes rebellion from the inside out.

The blue coat or the red coat? Put the mittens in the pocket or wear them? They have to decide; the little voice inside their head does the talking. The more decisions kids make, the more times we ask them questions instead of telling them what to do, and the more we discuss issues using thinking words, the less likely they'll be negatively influenced by peers later on.

We can hurt a little as we watch them learn life's lessons now, or we can hurt a lot as we watch them grow up to be individuals unable to care for themselves.

If parents pull their children out of struggles too quickly, children get fearful of just about everything. With that said, be realistic. Sometimes rescue is the higher priority.

To help our children gain responsibility we must offer them opportunities to be responsible, rather than order them to do what we think is responsible. "Rules

Children learn early in life that their parents can't get into their brains. We can't make them think what we think or believe what we believe. When we try, we invite their disobedience;

I don't want to get married or run away. I want my free will. I just want to love someone and not get fucked over.

Yesterday I got a call from the outside world but I said no in thunder. I was a dog on a short chain and now there's no chain.

She is also the least defenseless woman I have ever known.

I also refused the family tradition of Yale and enrolled instead at Michigan State University and then he knew that he had truly lost me, not that he seemed to care.

the older men who had asked neither favors nor assistance from anyone. They had settled their own problems in their own way or died trying, and if they died, no survivor had ever looked to the law for redress. Andy

It surprised me to want her [my mother] the most, but I'd never been miserable without her.

Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors.

You're all a bunch of fucking slaves.

He was part of this river of cars, aiding its sluggish tide and in turn aided by it. Without losing his identity, free to turn out of the tide when he chose, he still belonged to something.

You are your own best teacher. ~Jimmy Buffett

Be good & you will be lonesome. Be lonesome & you will be free.