Quotes About Independence

You and you alone are responsible for taking actions to create the life of your dreams. Nobody else can (or will) do it for you.

But if you really want to learn about life, get a cat. The way I think people should relate to animals is with a cat. Because the world is his.

I look down the farthest side of the mountain, fulfilled and understanding all, and truly content that I lived a full life and one that was my own choice

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime. Teach a man to create an artificial shortage of fish and he will eat steak.

If you don't like me, life goes on, you know what I mean? But I hope you do like me. Because I think that in addition to being pushy, I'm nice.

Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.

Be nobody's darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around You like a shawl, To parry stones To keep you warm.

Saying "yes" doesn't mean I don't know how to say no, and saying "please" doesn't mean I am waiting for permission.

As far as I am concerned I would rather spend the rest of my life in prison than marry again.

I've always done whatever I felt like doing in life. People may try to stop me, and convince me I'm wrong, but I won't change.

Everybody does not have to like you. That is not their job. Liking you is not anyone's purpose in life except yours.

You can't go through life trying to please everyone.

But the whole point of liberation is that you get out. Restructure your life. Act by yourself.

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.

College was the greatest four years of my life.

This is your life - you must die by yourself, so for heaven's sake, live for yourself and no one else. . . .

What other people think of you is not your business. If you start to make that business your business, you will be offended for the rest of your life.

All of life is more or less what the French would call s'imposer, to be able to create one's own terms for what one does.

I just try to live my life and do my thing.

I have to say, the coolest person I ever met in my whole life is John Mellencamp. I never met a person who was more secure about himself and his person.

I'm enjoying my life, post-menopause, so much. It's just so great to grow into yourself, and not be bothered with all that tyranny of biology.

I have the feeling I've always done what I wanted throughout my life.

I have my own life. And I am stronger than you know.

My mum has never wanted me to have children. She thinks I would be destroying my life, even now.