Quotes About Independence

Leave us alone and we'll leave you alone, or else we will hunt you down wherever you are.

Jews, Gypsies, Kurds, and other minorities were generally safe within autocratic regimes such as Habsburg Austria and Ottoman Turkey but were killed or oppressed when these autocracies began giving birth to independent states dominated by ethnic majorities, such as Austria, Hungary, Romania, Greece, and Turkey.

whereas the Catholic Church is unified under a pope, the Orthodox world is more an assemblage of "independent local Churches" that are "highly flexible" and

I don't believe I ever saw an Oklahoman who wouldn't fight at the drop of a hat -- and frequently drop the hat himself.

I think we got some work done, back at the start, because nobody knew us, nobody bothered us - and we had no money.

Freedom is a terrible burden, much too heavy for the weak man to bear.

I believe in teaching, but I don't believe in going to school.

I would not come in. I meant not even if asked, And I hadn't been.

Originality and initiative are what I ask for my country.

La libertad está en ser audaz.

I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

But no, I was out for stars; I would not come in. I meant not even if asked; And I hadn't been.

I may as well confess myself the author Of several books against the world in general.

For forty years I combed my hair that way, and every time I did, I pushed my mother away from me. There was much she didn't like about my life—and the parting of my hair became a ritual parting of the ways with her.

Do not wait for a coronation; the greatest emperors crown themselves.

Too much respect for other people's wisdom will make you depreciate your own.

Do not commit yourself to anybody or anything, for that is to be a slave, a slave to every man.... Above all, keep yourself free of commitments and obligations—they are the device of another to get you into his power.... (Baltasar Gracián, 1601-1658) PART

True ownership can come only from within. It comes from a disdain for anything or anybody that impinges upon your mobility, from a confidence in your own decisions, and from the use of your time in constant pursuit of education and improvement.

One repays a teacher badly if one remains only a pupil. —FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE

Remember: You have only so much energy and so much time. Every moment wasted on the affairs of others subtracts from your strength. You may be afraid that people will condemn you as heartless, but in the end, maintaining your independence and self-reliance will gain you more respect and place you in a position of power from which you can choose to help others on your own initiative.

You cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others.

Establishing your differences with the mentor is an important part of your self-development, whether he is of the good or bad parent type.

To understand the peculiar power of the Coquette, you must first understand a critical property of love and desire: the more obviously you pursue a person, the more likely you are to chase them away. Too much attention can be interesting for a while, but it soon grows cloying and finally becomes claustrophobic and frightening. It signals weakness and neediness, an unseductive combination.

To follow precisely the lead of others or advice from a book is self-defeating