Quotes About Independence

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink it.

it just breaks / a man's heart, watching / a girl so involved with her life, / without him like that.

People in Oklahoma don't wake up every morning wondering what the government is going to do for them.

No longer stereotypes, these screen women had become complicated. This combination of sensuality, independence and playfulness, made them fascinating to watch and completely modern.

Maybe I dance to a different drum, but I get the job done well. I need to be accommodated, not managed.

We have to call it "freedom": who'd want to die for "a lesser tyranny"?

We have to call it "freedom": who'd want to die for "a lesser tyranny"?

What a shame that allowances have to stop with the teens: both those that are paid to us and those that are made for us.

Most of us would rather risk a catastrophe than read the instructions.

Vrouwen bewonderen én verdenken iedere vrijgezelf die ouder is dan dertig.

De cierto que no, y no por su bella gracia, sino porque la mujer es pájaro que no se aviene a vivir sin jaula, y porque pocos serían los leños que traigo a memeches para rompérselos encima —

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne.

Liberty is one of the most valuable blessings that Heaven has bestowed upon mankind.

Pero ahora se le ocurre comprar perro, señorito? - No lo he comprado, Domingo; este perro no es esclavo, sino que es libre; lo he encontrado. - Vamos, si, es expósito. - Todos somos expósitos, Domingo

El que tiene fe en si mismo no necesita que los demás crean en él.

I will no longer allow anyone to manipulate my mind and control my life in the name of love.

Não disse que era o vil povo, disse apenas que é o povo português, tal como o vejo: preferem a ordem à liberdade, preferem que alguém decida por eles, em vez do fardo de terem de ser eles a decidirem e baterem-se pelo seu destino.

Tenho medo que a liberdade se torne um vício

The solution is to gradually become free of societal rewards and learn how to substitute for them rewards that are under one's own powers.

Power returns to the person when rewards are no longer relegated to outside forces.

A person who rarely gets bored, who does not constantly need a favorable external environment to enjoy the moment, has passed the test for having achieved a creative life.

To overcome the anxieties and depressions of contemporary life, individuals must become independent of the social environment to the degree that they no longer respond exclusively in terms of its rewards and punishments. To achieve such autonomy, a person has to learn to provide rewards to herself.

what drove me on to be my own boss was that the thing that I wanted most was to be able to have a nap every day