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Quotes About Independence

When I was younger I was trying to do what I wanted to do, not what the game wanted me to do.
~ Thierry Henry
Etch out the future on your own design.
~ Thomas Dolby
No one can hurt me - that's my job.
~ Byron Katie
Mr. Morgan buys his partners; I grow my own.
~ Andrew Carnegie
If you've been doing all you can and it's not happening for you, go out and have you a good old time. Put on your sexy dress and move on.
~ Beyonce Knowles
There are no have-to's, just choices
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Look not to legislatures and churches for your guidance, nor to any soulless incorporated bodies, but to inspirited or inspired ones.
~ Henry David Thoreau
Maybe more youngsters would stay home at nights if they were not afraid to stay alone at nights.
~ Herbert V. Prochnow
Your parents ask you to follow the standard path: School, job, security. Is this really the best way? I don't think so - be your own boss!
~ Kim Dotcom
Remember that to change your mind and follow him who sets you right is to be none the less free than you were before.
~ Marcus Aurelius
I just never let anything bother me, man. I know myself really well. Nobody's opinion of me can shake my opinion of myself.
~ Ruben Studdard
We both have a lot of growing-up to do... A lot of the world to see & figure out on our own." -- Leo
~ Emily Giffin
Do not accept whatever comes. Do not accept whatever goes. You have infinite power. Exercise your choice.
~ Amit Ray
Women lose their lives not knowing they can do something different..." from Two or Three Things i Know For Sure
~ Dorothy Allison
Freedom is an absolute state, there is no such thing as being half-free.
~ Daniel Delgado F
And I would try and walk far enough away that people would not assume I was with him.
~ Neil Gaiman
Take Special Care of Yourself - Because No One Else Will!
~ Ernie J Zelinski
When you find yourself on the side of majority, question yourself about what you are doing and why. It is likely wrong.
~ Ernie J Zelinski
I don't want to give any advice to a 19-year-old, because I want a 19-year-old to make mistakes and learn from them. Make mistakes, make mistakes, make mistakes. Just make sure they're your mistakes.
~ Fiona Apple
You don't always have to be the winner, have everybody notice you. It's fun to dance alone sometimes.
~ Frederick Lenz
Be the exceptional being who separates themselves from the herd and the fate of the herd.
~ Frederick Lenz
You don't need anybody to tell you what is right or wrong. What you need, perhaps, is someone to show you how to come to those understandings.
~ Frederick Lenz
Don't follow the crowd. The crowd doesn't get there. They just run round and around in a crazy race. It never ends.
~ Frederick Lenz
If you're gonna leave your mark, you can't follow a bunch of sheep, you gotta listen to your heart.
~ Garth Brooks