Quotes About Independence

we are not a reflection of others' behavior, only our own.

woman much like herself, who knew her worth was not measured by the man in her life but by her own accomplishments. Thus far in their letters, the ladies had listed

I often think that at the center of me is a voice that at last did split, a house in my heart so invaded with other people and their speech, friends I believed I was devoted to, people whose lives I can simply guess at now, that it gives me the impression I am simply a collection of them, that they all existed for themselves, but had inadvertently formed me, then vanished. But, what: Should I have been expected to create my own self, out of nothing, out of thin, thin air and alone?

Instant availability without continuous presence is probably the best role a mother can play.

no one had ever let them think that initiative was acceptable behavior.

The independent girl is a person before whose wrath only the most rash dare stand, and, they, it must be confessed, with much fear and trembling.

the goal is to get old without getting feeble.

The strongest women are healthier and live longer, with fewer disabilities.

If we live for people's approval, we will die by their rejection

From an early age, we are taught to be proud, strong, and independent. None of those things are wrong, but when it comes to our Christian life, the paradigm has to shift. Jesus invites us to rest, to trust, to depend on him.

the footprints of two of my own Goliaths: control and approval.

As if one could do what one wanted with one's own body!

I don't give a damn what people think.

A man can spend his whole existence never learning the simple lesson that he has only one life and that if he fails to do what he wants with it, nobody else really cares.

When colonists came to grips with their destiny, it was because they had realized liberty and responsibility go together.

We're trying to show that we're not a little bit of England in America, but a place for Americans to gain a better perspective on their own history.

she had come long ago to understand that loneliness was the curse of those who were free, even of all those who rose a little above the level of ordinary humanity.

she had made a discovery about life which he himself had made long since … that there is nothing of such force as the power of a person content merely to be himself, nothing so invincible as the power of simple honesty, nothing so successful as the life of one who runs alone. Somewhere

loneliness was the curse of those who were free, even of all those who rose a little above the level of ordinary humanity. Looking

she had made a discovery about life which he himself had made long since … that there is nothing of such force as the power of a person content merely to be himself, nothing so invincible as the power of simple honesty, nothing so successful as the life of one who runs alone. Somewhere" ? Louis Bromfield, Early Autumn: A Story of a Lady

Be a dad. Don't be "Mom's Assistant".... Be a man.... Fathers have skills that they never use at home. You run a landscaping business and you can't dress and feed a four-year-old? Take it on. Spend time with your kids.... It won't take away your manhood, it will give it to you.

Organization can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgment.

Those who won our independence believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.

They [the makers of the Constitution] conferred, as against the Government, the right to be let alone—the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men.