Quotes About Independence

There is no benefit to be only physically independent when the mind is still not liberated from mental slavery.

There is no liberty or equality without respecting the privacy of someone else.

There is no responsibility when you are still living in your parents' shadow.

Therefore, my confession lies in the unification of Africa.

Those who have freedom wish to remain where they are and those who lack it are constantly seeking for it nonstop.

To be great you must divorce yourself from your society and culture.

To be independent is to be free from all kinds of worries. Unleash the true Self to express itself.

True independence is freedom in a nutshell.

We ought not to focus on the price of achieving freedom, but on its value and the brightest future that's awaiting us.

You can do very well without a wife or a woman without a man. But in order not to be too selfish or to not end the cycle of a new generation, we must marry at all costs.

You can practice individualism, minding your own business, at home and when you are alone; not when you are in public or in a group of people.

You cannot live your whole life nor base it on the assumption that someone else is going to carry your responsibilities at the finish line.

You have to decide everything for yourself, then God will assist you in your cause.

You must be ready to take all your responsibilities upon your head, instead of relying upon someone else to do all the dirty work for you.

You must know yourself first instead of following blindly like sheep.

You should not allow yourself to be compared to the mob, or the people who are ready to rebel against a regime which they believe does not serve their interests any longer. Great ideas come only when we are deeply thinking alone and thus, making it much easier to put these thoughts into action.

People who changed the world have declared independence from other people's expectations.

The greatest threat to kingdom privileges and benefits is an independent spirit.

The ultimate goal of all personal and national authority is freedom

There is truly no greater burden than freedom, no heavier load than liberty.

To maximize your life you must declare independence from the opinions of others.

and I never allowed another human being to touch me in intimacy again.

So that's why he came to Memphis—"to assert my right to think for myself, to refuse to have my ideas assigned to me as though I was an intellectual slave because I'm black. I come to state that I'm a man, free to think for myself and do as I please.… I will not be consigned the unquestioned opinions of others.

This sets the wheels of government moving in reverse gear; the servant becomes the master, and the right to earn a living becomes subject to the servant's whim and caprice as he professes to apply some vague and variable statutory standard.