Quotes About Independence

I may be strong-minded, but no one can say I'm out of my sphere now, for woman's special mission is supposed to be drying tears and bearing burdens. I'm to carry my share, Friedrich, and help to earn the home. Make up your mind to that, or I'll never go, she added resolutely, as he tried to reclaim his load.

I feel strong now, I enjoy the air, the motion, and the thought that each step takes me farther from that man gives me new power and spirit. It is dark and strange, but I have no fear.

Then let me advise you to take up your little burdens again; for though they seem heavy sometimes, they are good for us, and lighten as we learn to carry them. Work is wholesome, and there is plenty for everyone; it keeps us from ennui and mischief, is good for health and spirits, and gives us a sense of power and independence better than money or fashion.

For to be independent and earn the praise of those she loved were the dearest wishes of her heart, and this seemed to be the first step toward that happy goal.

Freedom, I found is not only in the running but in the heart, the mind, the hands.

When women age into their power, no wind can upset them, no hand turn aside their knowledge; no fact can deflect their point of view.

Already a mature businessman, he relied on Andrews only as a technician and assumed control of all other aspects of the business.

Having discarded several older partners, the young man had no real business mentors, heroes, or role models and was beholden to no one.

Like Ben Franklin, Hamilton was mostly self-taught and probably snatched every spare moment to read. The

To curb further abuse, Hamilton recommended a Supreme Court that would consist of twelve judges holding lifetime offices on good behavior. In this manner, each branch would maintain a salutary distance from popular passions.

With one check, Rockefeller might have relieved their anxiety forever, but he wanted to avert excessive dependence and keep alive a creative ambiguity about his intentions.

Rockefeller advised Daniel O'Day that Standard Oil should develop its own strength in this area rather than turning to outsiders.

Rockefeller was now self-supporting and entirely free of his father

Like the Reynolds pamphlet, these clandestine messages signal a further deterioration in Hamilton's judgment once he no longer worked under Washington's wise auspices and was left purely to his own devices.

Once Washington had set his sights on independence, his vision was unblinking, and his consistency proved one of his most compelling qualities.

he elaborated the fashionable argument that the colonies owed their allegiance to the British king, not to Parliament. The point was critical, for if the colonies were linked only to the king, they could, theoretically, wriggle free from parliamentary control while creating some form of commonwealth status in the British empire.

What set Tarbell apart from Rockefeller was her intellectual daring and fearless curiosity.

Yet she decided never to marry and to remain self-sufficient.

Pierpont began to emerge from his father's shadow and take charge of major deals.

Laura was sufficiently pleased with work that she felt in no special rush to get married.

Frank wanted to have it both ways: to be heavily indebted to his brothers yet operate free of their control.

always inner-directed and indifferent to the approval of others

This refusal to truckle, bend, or bow to others, this insistence on dealing with other people on his own terms, time, and turf, distinguished Rockefeller throughout his career.

Only a free press could check abuses of executive power, Hamilton asserted.