Quotes About Independence

Why should I care what other people think of me? I am who I am. And who I wanna be.

I don't want to tell people where to go get all my cool stuff.

Above all, film is a business... Independence is a really cool thing as you can be a bit more bold, and take a few more chances with what you do.

So you just...left?' Zach huffed. 'All the cool kids are doing it.

It was really cool being out on the road and doing school with my tutor over Skype or on the phone, but it can definitely be difficult.

I want to be like Tom Freston. Tom just flies around everywhere, gets to make movies, gets to start TV shows, hang out with cool people and do whatever he wants.

If I get to a place early in the morning, I try to walk around by myself. I still try to find cool places to go to, like a record store in St. Louis or some restaurant in Chicago.

it's easy to stand in the crowd but it takes courage to stand alone

Freedom is not for the timid.

It takes great courage to break with one's past history and stand alone.

It takes courage to be the author of your life.

It takes tremendous discipline, takes tremendous courage, to think for yourself, to examine yourself.

The great are only great because we are on our knees. Let us rise!

My definition of courage is never letting anyone define you.

A girl expecting rescue never learns to save herself. Even with the means, she will find her courage wanting.

We all have wings, but it is up to each one of us to have the courage to fly

Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.

Not trusting your sixth sense, will always -and I mean always- come back to haunt you. Have the courage to stand alone and trust your vibes.

Away with the world's opinion of you-it's always unsettled and divided.

Solitude is one of our great superpowers... Solitude is the key to being able to make effective decisions and then having the courage of convictions to stand behind those decisions.

The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.

My greatest ambition is to have a career without becoming a career woman.

Three key humanist virtues are courage, cognition, and caring - not dependence, ignorance, or insensitivity to the needs of others.

The bird that would soar above the plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.