Quotes About Independence

Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.

Every hero must have the courage to be alone, to take the journey for himself.

Birth is a shadow. Courage, self-sustained, outlords succession's phlegm, and needs no ancestors.

One should have the courage of one's loneliness.

Courage, an independent spark from heaven's bright throne, by which the soul stands raised, triumphant, high, alone.

I admire the courage and self-reliance it takes to start your own business and make it succeed.

Courage is like a disobedient dog, once it starts running away it flies all the faster for your attempts to recall it.

Sometimes it take courage to leave.

If thinking men would have the courage to think for themselves, and to speak what they think, it would be found they do not differ in religious opinions as much as is supposed.

Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.

Our destinies are our own, if we have the courage to take control of them.

The wide world is full of people wanting help, Jon. Would that some could find the courage to help themselves. - Lord Commander Mormont

When your views are truly contrarian, they are inevitably uncomfortable. Courage and the ability to withstand pain are required.

Every man has his own courage and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

The best protection any woman can have ... is courage.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.

Carolyn Heilbrun

You don't remember the times your dad held your handle bars. You remember the day he let go.

My dad was amazing. He raised five boys. All by himself. Without the rest of us knowing.

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.

Building my career hasn't been attached to my dad. It's been me figuring things out for myself.

I have always had the feeling I could do anything and my dad told me I could. I was in college before I found out he might be wrong.

The greatest thing my dad taught me came from when I called him from a phone booth and said, 'Hungry. No bus token. Please. Out of options.' He said, 'Pfft, get a job.

I never really saw my dad around when the Iron Maiden and the AC/DC were playing. But he knew what I was doing. I was just absorbing music. So he just kind of left me to my own devices.