Quotes About Independence

Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying..

God once spoke through the mouth of an ass. I will tell you straight what I think. I am a Christian theologian and I am bound not only to assert, but to defend the truth with my blood and death. I want to believe freely and be a slave to the authority of no one, of a council, a university, or pope. I will confidently confess what appears to me to be true whether it has been asserted by a Catholic or a heretic, whether it has been approved or reproved by a council.

We must not be dependent on the judgment of the world or the flesh; in fact, we must not be dependent on the judgment even of our own hearts regarding ourselves.

Faith is Individual

But if you command me to believe or to get rid of certain books, I will not obey; for there you are a tyrant and overreach yourself...

A man can't ride your back unless it's bent.

After having been made a wife to an older man and an attendant to a princess, the identity she chose to retain was the one she had acquired by her own initiative: that of an author.

You have to do it by yourself, And you can't do it alone.

Genius is not about conforming to societal norms, but about breaking free from them and forging new paths.

The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.

Though Moltke was working with subordinates who were totally lacking in comprehension for whatever strategic plans he may have entertained and who on occasion abused the independence granted them, those plans were sufficiently flexible to accommodate errors; that is, a large safety margin was left to ensure that mistakes would not develop into catastrophes.

If a man can't give you more than you can give yourself, then dump him.

You must look out for number one. If you don't, no one else will.

I have had enough. At last I have had enough. I wouldn't have you now if your dick was dripping in diamonds and you farted perfume. So piss off.

We all have to live by our own lights, love, do what we can.

If we had been left to our own devices we would have been all right. But, oh, no. I had to have the mother-in-law from hell poking her nose in, opening her big trap.

Now, as a wage earner, she had gained a certain grudging respect, but it had been a long time coming. At fifteen, she understood her life better than people three times her age; she needed to keep the peace until she had enough money to set up on her own, or marry herself out of it all.

But sometimes you just have to be your own eyes. You have to see yourself shining and stop waiting for other eyes to see you.

Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.

Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fall.

She liked to be in the thick of things and did not delegate easily, except where domestic chores were concerned.

But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?

Women Rule," that's the way I see it. "Beside every great man there is a powerful woman. The same does not hold true for every successful woman. A lot of us are single because men want to wear the pants, even if they didn't buy them.

I am not sure what lonliness is," she said. "If it is not literally being solitary, is it the fear of solitude, of being alone with oneself? I feel no such fear. I like being alone." "What do you fear then?" he asked her. She glanced briefly at him and smiled, a fragile expression that spoke for itself even before she found words. "Never finding myself again....