Quotes About Independence

What they say about you does not define who you are. Their opinion of you does not determine your self-worth.

How much evil throughout history could have been avoided had people exercised their moral acuity with convictional courage and said to the powers that be, 'No, I will not. This is wrong, and I don't care if you fire me, shoot me, pass me over for promotion, or call my mother, I will not participate in this unsavory activity.' Wouldn't world history be rewritten if just a few people had actually acted like individual free agents rather than mindless lemmings?

Food security is not in the supermarket. It's not in the government. It's not at the emergency services division. True food security is the historical normalcy of packing it in during the abundant times, building that in-house larder, and resting easy knowing that our little ones are not dependent on next week's farmers' market or the electronic cashiers at the supermarket.

If every kitchen in America had enough chickens attached to it to eat all of the scraps coming out of that kitchen, no egg industry or commerce would be necessary in the whole country.

Relying on the praise of others could become a habit, and those in the habit would seek that praise like an addict and his drug. Strength came through self-belief, and the belief of others without belief in yourself was useless. Chalk was still chalk, even surrounded by granite.

A people well informed cannot be enslaved.

In Steinberg's world, numbers celebrate their independence, words map out the future, letters stage parades, and pedestrians are dogged by question marks.

As a child, I learned that books can set you free, an encyclopaedia held over my head, waiting in the dark as he crept into my room.

When I was just a little girl I asked my mummy, "what should I be?" "Fuck should," she said.

If my Master is lost, I'll find him. I'll lead him back to himself, because to serve doesn't always mean to follow.

I don't need to be babied. I've taken care of myself for a long time." "You need all the babying you can get, angel. And something's bothering you. Are you going to tell me what's going on?" "Go to hell." She slammed down the phone. She tightened her chin and her resolve. "I didn't expect to see you so soon." "I was told to go to hell. My connecting flight was delayed so I thought I'd drop in.

Someone drew you wings a long time ago and you've been trying to decide whether to fly away ever since.

Count it, Marcie." She managed to get the first finger out. She was pretty sure she was losing her mind, because she chose her middle finger.

There is nothing more powerful and frightening than choice. It's the field on which courage and love are tested.

tired of orchestrating the whole damn world so it would work the way it should. She wanted to see if someone else could do it.

Maybe he wasn't the balloon who'd been cut loose, but the one who'd untied himself from the rail.

She didn't belong to anyone, though her lovers, temporary though they were, belonged to her for all time.

The aim of all government is to make all government superfluous.

The strong man is strongest when alone.

Mit einem Worte: durch die Wissenschaftslehre kommt der Geist des Menschen zu sich selbst, und ruht von nun an auf sich selbst, ohne fremde Hülfe, und wird seiner selbst durchaus mächtig, wie der Tänzer seiner Füße, oder der Fechter seiner Hände.

Let Grow is based on the idea that if children are going to become adults who can make their own decisions and pay attention, they need to experience increasing levels of freedom and independence throughout their childhood.

If I decide to be an idiot, then I'll be an idiot on my own accord.

What government is the best -- That which teaches us to govern ourselves.

The best slave is the one who thinks he is free.