Quotes About Independence

I'm determined to raise a strong girl.

I was lucky enough to have it all. To be successful in business, to have children, to raise them on my own, and to travel and live my life. It was a lot of work, but it's a privilege to have been able to do it.

I was raised to be independent.

You could fancy what you'd like, but as a woman, my mother always raised us to believe in ourselves. I am very grateful that my mother brought me up that way.

I basically raised myself.

I was raised by a single dad, and I've always kind of liked things that are typically more guy-oriented.

Once you've raised a child to adulthood, you can only be as demanding as your offspring allow.

I was raised mostly by my mom.

My grandmother raised me. She was a real no-nonsense but very funny lady. I drove tractors, made hay, milked cows, fed the chicken, fed the pigs.

I was raised Catholic until I was old enough to say no.

For me, being raised in a free America made all the difference.

Some of my father's fellow West Pointers once asked him why I turned out so well, his secret in raising me. And he said, 'I never gave him any advice, and he never asked for any.' We agreed on nothing, but we never quarreled once.

I'm an only child. My mother was raising me alone. We couldn't afford child care; child care hours didn't work according to her schedule.

Single mothers are raising more of America's children than ever before.

More than my political affiliation, I consider myself a hellraising humanitarian. Hell raising in the sense that I don't just go along to get along.

Growing up raising three boys on your own is either gonna make you strong or make you crazy. It definitely made my mom strong.

As a mom raising two kids on my own, my life requires a certain kind of constant juggling that is hard to keep on track.

I never liked pep rallies. I found school spirit hard to deal with. I am much more oriented towards the individual.

I believe a real democracy can only flourish when you have your own nation state, your own identity, even your own flag you can rally around.

The closest things to an influence would be people like Charlie Watts or Al Jackson. But I didn't really listen to drummers; I basically played what I thought was needed for the Ramones.

I was just a guy who ran away from home at 16 because my parents were getting a divorce and the judge was making me choose which parent to live with. I didn't want to make that choice. I ended up in New York City.

When I was in high school, I ran with the team, and I did a bit of running with friends and things. But as an adult, my favorite thing is to run by myself.

If I ran to a doctor every time I got a little cyst or abrasion, I'd still be in Nova Scotia.

I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office.