Quotes About Independence

Education in India has made monumental progress since Independence but continues to face daunting challenges at multiple levels, particularly in terms of quality, infrastructure and dropout rates. We have islands of excellence floating in a sea of mediocrity.

Well, the best advice I can ever give to anyone, not only in terms of mountaineering but in general life, is not to listen to anyone. Listen to your heart, believe in yourself and always give 100 percent.

For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.

I felt like I needed to come to terms with the decision I'd made to let go of my family. What do you do when you want to be loyal to your family but you feel that loyalty to them is in conflict somehow with loyalty to yourself?

If there was any one achievement, it would be that we've have done it on our own terms.

My mother herself is a very independent woman, and I've had a leading example in this respect. And my father is a very liberal father who has always taught us to question things. He lives life on his own terms and stands by his beliefs. So, he has also been a great example.

I think everyone needs to feel they've created something that was their own, on their own terms.

I'm an honest person and don't lead my life on other people's terms.

Frankly, it's depressing, each night sleeping in someone else's home. I miss having a roof to my name. Our situation isn't an 'All in the Family' cliche, but it's still easy to see reality in plain terms: I live with my in-laws, and I can't say when that will change.

I've lived the world on my own terms. I do what I enjoy. I enjoy what I do.

For 'Paul's Boutique,' we had a lot more money and a lot more time. It was definitely more on our own terms.

Acting is just a part of my life, and I like to lead life on my terms.

I embraced being a pop artist, but I like doing it on my own terms, at my own pace.

I was determined if I was going to become a superstar it would be on my terms. I've had that ethic since the beginning.

I want the government to provide the military so we don't get invaded by somebody and destroyed. I want the government to provide the roads so I can get from point A to B. In terms of taking care of my day to day needs, I want to do that myself. I want my community to do that.

I just want to do things on my own terms as much as possible.

That's what drew me to rock music in the first place - that sense of remaking the world on your own terms.

It is terrible to speak of you, Liberty, for one who lives without you.

We have gotten some terrible reviews at times but if we depended on the judgment of the studios or critics, we never would have made more than one movie.

I just felt like I couldn't deal with the everyday responsibilities of life, paying bills and all of that. I'm terrible at all of that. So I knew I had to make enough money to pay someone else to deal with all of that.

I'm not a big eater. I'm a terrible cook, and so I don't cook for myself.

You couldn't put me in a social group setting. I'm probably a terrible anarchist deep down.

I'm used to always deciding everything myself. It's a blessing, but also a terrible defect.

You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.