Quotes About Independence

What's perplexing to me is that I never think it's anybody's business to know my business.

I want to categorically say that whatever I am, I have made a space for myself in Indian politics and media out of my own perseverance and hard work.

Not one person can make or break what I'm doing, except me or God.

It is through separation that you will win: no representatives, and no candidates!

L'homme est né sociable, c'est-à-dire qu'il cherche dans toutes ses relations l'égalité et la justice ; mais il aime l'indépendance et l'éloge : la difficulté de satisfaire en même temps à ces besoins divers est la première cause du despotisme de la volonté et de l'appropriation qui en est la suite.

The emancipation of the working class can only be achieved by the working class itself — without the assistance of governments.

WHAT PEOPLE MAY THINK Some people cower and wince and shrink, owing to fear of what people may think. There is one answer to worries like these: people may think what the devil they please.

I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

I don't care about losing people who don't wanna be in my life anymore. I've lost people who meant the world to me and I'm still doing just fine.

You summon us, we follow. You order us to be free and so we will be.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

L'amicizia è animale da compagnia, non da gregge.

And yet," said he, "how can a man take care of his own horse or furbish up his spear and helmet, if he is unaccustomed to using his hands on his own dear person? Know ye not," said he, "that the end and object of conquest is to avoid doing the same thing as the conquered?

Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together.

The early morning is mine and I'm glad of it. Back home, I bumble about in my vest and shorts, tipping water from the icebox into a bucket to swab the floor, pushing the new block into place. I boil coffee on the Primus and sing to myself as I start clearing away last night's dinner things, carefully observing our systems for the conservation of water.

Polly Young-Eisendrath

The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.

At some point you have to start letting people save their own life.

If you're a freelance writer and aren't used to being ignored, neglected, and generally given short shrift, you must not have been in the business very long.

Don't ask for advice too much. Go with you, as gritty as that might be at times.

Sometimes being hotheaded and doing it your own way and walking out on all the hot shit might be the right thing to do.

I am not a piece of jewelry to be worn so that others will admire you. If you choose to continue … you must also remember that when jewelry is displayed … it can be stolen.

When the boss is a way, work becomes a holiday.

We all want our FREEDOM, but (unfortunately) most of us think that it comes FREE.