Quotes About Independence

This considerably softened my resentment, though it did not make me relent. I was determined to show him that my heart was not his slave, and I could live without him if I chose.

Agnes Grey by ANNE BRONTË

If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them—not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone.

The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, as their later history was also to illustrate, may be the most difficult request any minority can make of a majority culture.

I know what I want, I have a goal, an opinion, I have a religion and love. Let me be myself and then I am satisfied. I know that I'm a woman, a woman with inward strength and plenty of courage.

How true Daddy's words were when he said: all children must look after their own upbringing. Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

I've drawn myself apart from them all; I am my own skipper and later on I shall see where I come to land

Every child has to raise itself.' Parents can only advise their children or point them in the right direction.

I'm not a baby or a spoiled darling any more, to be laughed at, whatever she does. I have my own views, plans, and ideas, though I can't put them into words yet. Oh, so many things bubble up inside me as I lie in bed, having to put up with people I'm fed up with, who always misinterpret my intentions.

But there's only one person I'm accountable to, and that's me.

I want to take a fresh look at things and form my own opinion, not just ape my parents, as in the proverb "The apple never falls far from the tree.

Ho un grande bisogno di star sola. Papà ha notato che sono diversa dal solito, ma non posso raccontargli tutto. «Lasciatemi in pace, lasciatemi sola!» vorrei gridare. Chi sa che un giorno non resti ancor più sola di quanto desidero. Il diario di Anne Frank , Anne Frank.

She's not a mother to me – I have to mother myself. I've cut myself adrift from them. I'm charting my own course, and we'll see where it leads me.

Who knows, perhaps the day will come when I'm left alone more than I'd like!

freedom and fresh air

Of course, there are those who blow you kisses or try to take hold of your arm, but they're definitely knocking on the wrong door.

Sometimes old people have really old-fashioned ideas, but that doesn't mean I have to go along with them.

I'll show them that Anne Frank wasn't born yesterday. They'll sit up and take notice and keep their big mouths shut when I make them see they ought to attend to their own manners instead of mine.

I've made up my mind to lead a different life from other girls, and not to become an ordinary housewife later on.

I need to have something besides a husband and children to devote myself to!

Is it really such an admirable trait not to let myself be influenced by others? Am I right in following my own conscience? To

Trebuie s? devin bun? singur?, f?r? exemple È™i f?r? discursuri, asta pentru ca mai târziu s? fiu cât mai puternic?.

Sometimes old people have really old-fashioned ideas, but that doesn't mean I have to go along with them. I need my grandparents, but in a certain sense they need me too.

Sometimes I think God is trying to test me, both now and in the future. I'll have to become a good person on my own, without anyone to serve as a model or advise me, but it'll make me stronger in the end.