Quotes About Independence

If you are influenced by the opinions of others, you will have no DESIRE of your own.

Liberty consists in doing what one desires.

She was not often invited to join in the conversation of the others, nor did she desire it. Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

Do not desire to fit in. Desire to lead.

I skate just to satisfy my own desire and not care about other peoples desire for me to do well.

There is only one way in the world to be distinguished. Follow your instinct! Be yourself, and you'll be somebody. Be one more blind follower of the blind, and you will have the oblivion you desire.

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.

I feel no need and have no desire to give any attention to other people's opinion of me.

All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away.

Brute force, no matter how strongly applied, can never subdue the basic human desire for freedom.

The warrior knows that he is free to choose his desires, and he makes these decisions with courage, detachment, and - sometimes - with just a touch of madness.

You don't have to become a slave in a corporate office or groupie of a celebrity architect, because all you need is a piece of paper, a pencil and the desire to make architecture.

There is not a woman born who desires to eat the bread of dependence.

My ardent desire is... to keep the United States free from political connexions with every other Country. To see that they may be independent of all, and under the influence of none.

The desire to be different from the people we live with is sometimes the result of our rejection- real or imagined- by them.

I don't know what 15-year-old doesn't have a desire to separate themselves from their parents and prove their independence.

The desire not to be impinged upon, to be left to oneself, has been the markof high civilisation both on the part of individuals and communities.

People can think whatever they like. I don't desire their validation.

He who desires naught will always be free.

Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.

Never arbitrate. Arbitration allows a third party to determine your destiny. It is a resort of the weak.

I became aware of my destiny: to belong to the critical minority as opposed to the unquestioning majority.

You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny.

...remember one thing only: that it's you-nobody else-who determines your destiny and decides your fate. Nobody else can be alive for you; nor can you be alive for anybody else.