Quotes About Independence

You're going to have to do something about yourself. Nobody can do it tor you.

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It wasn't an excuse. It was a fact. He'd had to make his way alone, and no one—not rock stars, not professional athletes, not software billionaires, and not even geniuses — ever makes it alone.

The poorer children were, to her mind, often better behaved, less whiny, more creative in making use of their own time, and have a well-developed sense of independence.

If you are going to do something truly innovative, you have to be someone who does not value social approval. You can't need social approval to go forward.

Don't depend on heaven for food, but on your own two hands carrying the load.

In the Big Pond chapter, I talked about the fact that being on the outside, in a less elite and less privileged environment, can give you more freedom to pursue your own ideas and academic interests.

it is when thus relieved from the state of tension belonging to actual study that boys and girls, as well as men and women, acquire the habit of thought and reflection, and of forming their own conclusions, independently of what they are taught and the authority of others.

con trabajo duro, planificación sabia e independencia o cooperación con un pequeño grupo, la recompensa es sólo cuestión de tiempo».

David has nothing to lose, and because he has nothing to lose, he has the freedom to thumb his nose at the rules set by others. That's how people with brains a

Even in his discussion of Harvard, it's as if Langan has no conception of the culture and particulars of the institution he's talking about. When you accept a paycheck from these people, it is going to come down to what you want to do and what you feel is right versus what the man says you can do to receive another paycheck. What?

He'd had to make his way alone, and no one — not rock stars, not professional athletes, not software billionaires, and not even geniuses — ever makes it alone.

hard work, shrewd planning and self-reliance or cooperation with a small group will in time bring recompense.

Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.

Its good to keep wide-open ears and listen to what everybody else has to say, but when you come to make a decision, you have to weigh all of what youve heard on its own, and place it where it belongs, and come to a decision for yourself; youll never regret it. But if you form the habit of taking what someone else says about a thing without checking it out for yourself, youll find that other people will have you hating your friends and loving your enemies.

It is only after slavery and prison that the sweetest appreciation of freedom can come.

I for one believe that if you give people a thorough understanding of what confronts them and the basic causes that produce it, they'll create their own program, and when the people create a program, you get action.

The divers were the bravest of us. They gave their lives for the independence of our country and the success of our revolution.

I refuse to apologize for my ability -- I refuse to apologize for my success -- I refuse to apologize for my money. If this is evil, make the most of it.

There is something servile in the habit of seeking after a law which we may obey. We may study the laws of matter at and for our convenience, but a successful life knows no law.

Your success is no longer about your ability to do what you are told, and do it well.

Man is an end in himself.

There is only one success-to be able to spend life in your own way.