Quotes About Independence

It seems to fit. I feel comfortable in my own skin. I feel like I'm able to claim my own person. At least I'm making a start. I'm learning to stand on my own.

I'm not some total invalid

As long as you look for someone else to validate who you are by seeking their approval, you are setting yourself up for disaster. You have to be whole and complete in yourself. No one can give you that. You have to know who you are—what others say is irrelevant.

United States: the country where liberty is a statue.

We're always freer than we know.

We're all afraid to acknowledge the freedom we really have.

You've got to let them make their own mistakes. All you can do is to follow and make sure they don't scare the horses or get arrested or damage anyone apart from themselves.

But many other activities also called for greater independence, from home cooking, to home haircuts, to the performance of minor home repairs. Why risk having a plumber come over if he might have the virus?

As far as he was concerned, that meant he was free to address the others on equal terms,

He found it hard to understand that the sea was a law unto itself, beyond anyone's control.

It did not go to King George III.

puesto que de ese modo puede conseguir su manumisión, mientras que mendigar envilece el espíritu. Por fin, tras indagar varias veces la dirección, logramos encontrar el camino que conducía a la puerta de Adad.

True independence means being free from the domination of your own internal automatic behaviors, not doing what you feel like when the urge strikes.

The secret of good government is to let men alone.

You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.

You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.

The essence of independence has been to think and act according to standards from within, not without: to follow one's own path, not that of the crowd.

Inevitably it follows that anyone with an independent mind must become 'one who resists or opposes an authority or established convention': a rebel. ...And if enough people come to agree with—and follow—the REBEL, we now have a DEVIL. Until, of course, still more people agree. And then, finally, we have ... GREATNESS.

Shoes are the first adult machines we are given to master.

You have to step away from other people's craziness at some point. I learnt that in therapy. You have to stop owning it on their behalf. Even when they're your parents.

Because how much weight would be removed from his shoulders if he just stopped expecting their praise?

As soon as I open this door, I'll be free. FREE! No more goofy cats screaming in my face and eating my shoes. No more biting and scratching and chasing me down the street. Outside this door is a big, wonderful world where goofy cats don't turn into furry whirlwinds that hit me on the head with a spatula. And soon I will be a part of that world once again!

Right now, I'm as single as a slice of American cheese.

When you're in the car, how well you do is down to you and you alone-no band, no management, no marketing.