Quotes About Independence

I needed somebody without any preconceived ideas. But I also needed somebody with a mind of her own." The contradictory qualities we seek in that elusive perfect lover. Strength and vulnerability, in equal measures.

Down to Gehenna or up to the throne, / He who travels fastest who travels alone...

Freedom is that instant between when someone tells you to do something and when you decide how to respond.

My mom raised us three boys by herself on welfare. It's not worse than anybody else's life.

Christine is too independent. No matter how anxious she feels, she forces herself to face things alone. This tendency to go to the other extreme—to act as though she does not need anybody for anything—is called counterdependence, and is a strong indication of the presence of the Dependence lifetrap.

In the end, the tortures tearing the Lisbon girls pointed to a simple reasoned refusal to accept the world as it was handed down to them, so full of flaws.

I live my own life and nurse my own wounds. It's not the best way to live. But it's the way I am.

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

During my formative years, my mother had this annoying habit of taking me into shoe stores and forgetting all about me.

Él es el artista; yo, la anarquista.

At Honda, it's sink or swim. They don't teach you step-by-step; they just throw you into the pool and let you figure it out on your own. If you don't know how to swim at first, you need to be aggressive to survive. We are to try out whatever we think is necessary to take ourselves to the next level.

When you're self-employed, your success is proportionate to your personal development.

The myth of self-employment is we go into business for ourselves thinking we're going to gain control over our destiny without realizing we are entering completely uncontrollable circumstances.

Freedom is the foundation for all wonderful things in life.

Renan has the last word: "Man is a slave neither of his race nor his language, nor of his religion, nor of the course of rivers nor of the direction taken by mountain chains. A large aggregate of men, healthy in mind and warm of heart, creates the kind of moral conscience which we call a nation.

My main measure of success is that nobody owns me.

a prank a day keeps the dog leash away.

Weakness is not a characteristic you want to share with the world

We had decided to go with "These Boots Are Made for Walkin

Let this be a lesson, child. Don't ever let a man dim your light.

I need to see you understand love is a strength, not a weakness. That putting your trust in someone you love doesn't mean you can't stand on your own two feet. It means you know how to share responsibility and accept help when it is needed.

Sometimes you have to control your own life and to do that you have to put your own needs first.

Let this be a lesson, child. Don't ever let a man dim your light. In this world, you can't count on anyone but yourself.

You need to take control of your own destiny.