Quotes About Independence

Reinforce freedom of choice: sometimes people resist, not because they are dismissing the argument, but because they are rejecting the feeling of their behavior being controlled. It helps to respect their autonomy by reminding them that it's up to them to choose what they believe.

Sound systems are what turn cars into escape vehicles, even if you've got nowhere to go.

I vowed never to let that happen again. Never to put myself in a position to be left by a man. It was one of those youthful promises you make to yourself and keep long after you stop recognizing what you are doing, or how it is distorting your life.

how deeply I had made that promise, and how long I had kept it, never being with a man who might leave me. Always maintaining that control. A promise to oneself never to be left. What sleight of mind.

Even if we walked this path side by side, we must act alone on the outside, while on the inside, we would be holding hands.

I know this," the Second Mate said. "A sexy girl thinks she can do anything.

Orphans are the only ones who get to choose their fathers, and they love them twice as much.

I'm fiercely independent, but I'm also terrified of being alone.

The real struggle for us is for the citizen to cease to be the property of the state.

?ywy, o nic przed nikim nie umia?em ?ebra?, ?ebra? lito?ci nie b?d? umar?y!

Åžayet kendinden talep edilene -a??r? sevgi talebine- boyun eÄŸmeyen Cordelia gibi hüsrana uÄŸratan konumundaysan?z, o zaman baÅŸka tür bir otoriteye, gerçekçi biçimde verebileceÄŸiniz ÅŸey üzerinde bir otoriteye sahipsinizdir: "Efendimizi sevmem gerektiÄŸi kadar seviyorum./ Ne daha çok ne daha az" s. 17

Perhaps as part of growing up we need to be excessive – to try to break all the rules just to be able to find out what, if anything, the rules are made of, and why they matter.

loneliness is the inevitable cost of looking after ourselves.

10. You have to deal with stuff on your own and that's all there is to it.

The Simple Path to Wealth by JL Collins:

But why did such an imaginative group of people declare independence from one of the greatest empires on earth and establish a truly novel polity but not get rid of an institution that most of them thought was immoral and dangerous?

I like having my hair and face done, but I'm not going to lose weight because someone tells me to. I make music to be a musician not to be on the cover of Playboy.

It's a bittersweet road we parents travel. We start with total commitment to a small, helpless human being. Over the years we worry, plan, comfort, and try to understand. We give our love, our labor, our knowledge, and our experience—so that one day he or she will have the inner strength and confidence to leave

Ése es el gran desafío," dije, "cambiar nuestro pensamiento de 'cómo arreglo las cosas yo' a 'cómo capacito a mis hijos para arreglar las cosas por sí mismos.

We give our love, our labor, our knowledge, and our experience—so that one day he or she will have the inner strength and confidence to leave us.

I want my kids to know that they're entitled to be miserable without their mother falling apart.

shrug. I don't feel that. I'd settle for being ignored, left alone, unjudged. Unharried. I just want to live my life. I don't need anyone to understand it. 'Do you think? It strikes me as the ultimate in self-absorption, hoping for understanding from others to give meaning to your life. Get over yourself, I say.

Never get involved. That's my motto. I hurt no one. And no one can hurt me.

Don't trust anyone. Be a cold fish. I hurt no one. And no one can hurt me.