Quotes About Independence

Noored ei tahagi, et neid mõistetataks; nad tahavad jääda sellisteks nagu nad on. Täiskasvanu, kes neile liiga pealetükkivalt läheneb, muutub nende silmis niisama naeruväärseks kui lapsekleiti kandes. Me võime tunda koos noortega, kuid noored ei tunne koos meiega. See on nende pääsemine.

Only whatever you do, don't lose your freedom. It is more precious than love and you only find our afterwards.

In Sanskrit, "independent woman" is a synonym for a harlot. Hence the woman who is unattached to a man is not only a universal feminine type but a sacral type in antiquity.

Bir çocuÄŸum ve bir istasyonda tek ba??may?m.

C'est aujourd'hui dans les marges, j'en suis persuadé, que se dissimulent les derniers hommes libres.

No one cared what St. Louis thought, although the city got a wink for pluck.

It amused him that women as a class were so wonderfully vulnerable, as if they believed that the codes of conduct that applied in their safe little hometowns, like Alva, Clinton, and Percy, might actually still apply once they had left behind their dusty, kerosene-scented parlors and set out on their own.

we seek no territorial gains, we seek only the right of man to be free; we seek his right to worship his God, to lead his life in his own way, secure from persecution. As

Never before in civilization have such numbers of young girls been suddenly released from the protection of the home and permitted to walk unattended upon the city streets and to work under alien roofs.

Amanda meant to move, but somehow her feet didn't do anything. They were like Quebec, determined to be independent.

I couldn't please everyone, there was no way to do that. But I could please myself. That was my conclusion, and I knew what pleased me. Having the freedom to make my own mistakes, to learn, to grow, to become a better person. Being here, in this house, with this guy, pleased me. My friendships pleased me. My hoodie made me happy. It was all the simplest things that mattered, and the future didn't have to be decided tonight.

Jess, I've got no business judging anyone. But I can offer you some advice if you don't mind. Sure. Though my palms start to sweat anticipating what he might say. Never ask someone to tell you who you are. You tell them.

It wasn't satisfying to be the one to leave. But it was a lot better than being the one who was left.

Now you bitches can stand here quaking in your boots about what your women might do to you. I'm going to get my woman.

I'm going to tell you something about myself. I pay my own way as I go through the world, and I want the privilege of living my own life. I left North Mesa because I couldn't do just that. I have my own code, my own creed, and my own ideas. I try to be true to them, all of them. I hate hypocrisy. I like fair play. I want to live my own life in my own way, and I'm willing to let other people live their lives in their way.

He had to have someone else give him advice. That's the trouble with him. He's never learned to stand on his own two feet and take things as they come.

I'm perfectly capable of living my own life. If I get into something, I want to get out of it through my own efforts. If I can't, I want to stay there. I don't want to have Hal Anders rushing into the city to lift me up out of the gutter, brush the mud off my clothes, smile sweetly down at me, and say, 'Won't you come home now, Mae, marry me, settle down, and live happily ever after?

he did not believe in philanthropy, thinking that the ultimate purpose of life was to develop character; that the more a person came to depend on outside assistance, the more his character was weakened.

he'll have to cut out all of his gambling associations. He'll have to tell the court who got this money and what was done with it. He'll have to quit acting the part of a spoiled kid with an indulgent sister, and learn to stand on his own two feet, and it may make a man of him.

It was a bitter moment for us. We weren't two mature parents. We were just two kids playing grown-up. We still needed Mommy and Daddy's permission, blessings, and money to survive.

For from this day forward his world can only widen. An existence that began in a crib, grew to a house, and extends over a two-block bicycle ride will now go even beyond that. I will share him with another woman, other adults, other children, other opinions, other points of view. I am no longer leading. I am standing behind him ready to guide from a new position.

I see children as kites. You spend a lifetime trying to get them off the ground. You run with them until you're both breathless. They crash . . . you add a longer tail . . . you patch and comfort, adjust and teach. You watch them lifted by the wind and assure them that someday they'll fly.

The person has to learn to derive his self-esteem more from within himself and less from the opinions of others; he has to try to base it on real qualities and capacities, things he can make or do

everybody has to think and see for himself, or the nations are doomed.