Quotes About Independence

A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.

One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.

Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.

I was going with someone for a few years, but we broke up. It was one of those things. He wanted to get married, and I didn't want him to.

My boyfriend and I broke up. He wanted to get married and I didn't want him to.

We're trying to break yokes. You're trying to make one for yourself.

Most people, Kant continues, are too lazy to think for themselves. They allow guardians of various kinds to think for them, and the guardians are only too happy to take control

When I was growing up, no one could get away with telling me I couldn't do something "because you're a girl." In fact, if someone wanted me not to do something, that was the worst thing they could say: It practically guaranteed I'd run out and try to do it.

Leaders typically don't follow the crowd, that is unless they're trying to escape a burning building.

No one is coming to save you. You're the only one left for this assignment.

Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home.

I understand what you're saying, and your comments are valuable, but I'm gonna ignore your advice.

A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul, and that, I am sure, is why he does it

Truants like you should understand art. The way to free y'rself from any system of control is to do something useless.

The way to free yourself from any system of control is to do something useless. But do it as well as you can!

Before departing Independence, she selected a stage name: Vivian Vance. She borrowed the moniker from Vance Randolph, a member of the local theater crowd.

In short, remember that compliments are worthless and people's approval doesn't make your business better.

We procrastinate when we fear a threat to our sense of worth and independence, as a method of avoiding difficult situations.

That's why I never married. Marriage is lonely, but it ain't private." That was always my most intense fear about getting married: When everything sucked and I was by myself, I thought, Well, at least I don't have another miserable person to worry about. I figured if you give up your private place and it still turns out to be lonely, you're just screwed. So I felt safer not even thinking about it.

I hate when people question my ability to get from one place to another without mutilating myself. It's tantamount to saying, "Try to get home without screwing it up like last time, dummy," or "Farewell, for I may never see you again, given the mortality that awaits us all like a crouching panther.

God bless Mother Nature, she's a single woman, too.

Pick up your clothes. I am not your maid. How do I know this? A maid cannot kill you with a tube sock. I can.

Alone: it was no way to live and it was no way to die.

We all have our security blankets in this world. Some are just sharper than others." (Nightlife, Rob Thurman, 28)