Quotes About Independence

The fact is, if a young man is naturally indolent, the spur of necessity will drive him but a very little way, while the having enough to live upon is often the means of preserving his self-respect.

Freedom is the crux of self-respect. It is difficult to feel good about ourselves when we are unnaturally dependent on someone or something.

With all due respect, I have nothing to prove about my worth to anyone.

Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations.

Let a man then know his worth and keep things under his feet.

When I was a kid I got no respect. I told my mother, I'm gonna run away from home. She said, On your mark.

People have a right to their own lives, and if you can't help somebody, you ought to get out of their way.

My philosophy in life... is to prove myself to myself and not to others. I tried to teach my children that, that I have to respect myself, to prove to myself that I can do the best I can.

I am my own person caoable of making my own decisions and choosing powerfully how i live. I appreciate and respect what others have to say but ultimately I choose how I live my life.

Whenever you are too worried about someone else's approval, that person loses respect for you.

I have a lot of respect for the bikers, which I've always had.

My government has promised to comprehensively respect the independence of the judiciary.

The intelligent person depends on his own insight; he trusts his own being. He loves and respects himself.

I was particularly talking with respect to aid, because that to me is one area that can make people so dependent, and unfortunately, that dependency starts with the government.

I do not wish, it happens, to be associated with Massachusetts, either in holding slaves or in conquering Mexico. I am a little better than herself in these respects.

Self respect, Colie. If you don't have it, the world will walk all over you.

I respect them [Amar Stoudemire, Carmelo Anthony or Dwyane Wade], but would I dress like them? No.

For a man to act himself, he must be perfectly free; otherwise he is in danger of losing all sense of responsibility or of self- respect.

Respect movements, flee schools.

A Christian is free and independent in every respect, a bond servant to none. A Christian is a dutiful servant in every respect, owing a duty to everyone.

Me myself is enough to manage.

If you're so far down the totem pole that someone considers it a favor to you just to have you in their circle (no matter how far outside the ring you are), you should probably cut them out of yours.

I earn my own respect, " I told Emilie. "I don't ride the coattails of someone else.

Never run after a man or a bus, there's always another one in five minutes.