Quotes About Independence

All my life I've thought I needed someone to complete me, now I know I need to belong to myself.

I move around a lot. Ive lived in a ton of different places - and only for a month or two at a time. I have a deep, rabid curiosity, so I like having a gypsy life.

Do not base your life on the judgments of others; first, because they are as likely to be mistaken as you are, and further, because you cannot know that they are telling you their true thoughts.

I cannot follow you Christians; for you try to crawl through your life upon your knees, while I stride through mine on my feet.

I had to be my own person and live my own life if I wanted to be happy, and I just did it.

Maybe a good rule in life is never become too important to do your own laundry.

Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath.

My life didn't please me, so I created my life.

Mehr als das Leben lieb' ich meine Freiheit. More than life, I cherish freedom.

The first rule in opera is the first rule in life: see to everything yourself

I've been getting in trouble my whole life and I really don't care what anybody thinks of what I do on stage as a comic.

Once you're truly happy with yourself alone, that's when you are safe to find the right person to spend the rest of your life with.

All I've done all my life is disobey.

Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing, so is liberty the essence of life. Whatever is done without it is imperfect.

It is not necessary to accept the choices handed down to you by life as you know it.

I learned early that if I wanted to achieve anything in life, I'd have to do it myself. I learned that I had to be accountable.

The function of the child is to live his own life - not the life that his anxious parents think he should live.

I guess we're all just wired different. I just got to the point where I got tired of people telling me what I can and can't do in my life.

I would rather die standing than live kneeling

Reason #7 For Not Getting a Tattoo: People will know you are running your own life, instead of listening to them!

I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright.

You have to do your thing no matter what anyone says. It's your life.

If you want the best things in life you have to earn them for yourself.

There's something magical about putting yourself into life. You've got to stand up and take responsibility for your own life and you cannot abandon that.