Quotes About Independence

There's my ma, fifty-years old, hightailing around town with some guy while I sit here, in the prime of my youth, completely and utterly alone. I shake my head. At myself.

People who say they don't have a choice just too coward to choose.

Que vá à merda o leque, que o tempo é de brisa

We can't keep people from following their own paths, no matter how much we love them.

El miedo está conectado con el deseo monárquico de controlar a otros en vez de confiar en ellos y dejar que sean independientes, que sean ellos mismos.

Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard.

you are the authority figure in your life.

if two people agree on everything, one of them is superfluous.

And in their corner all they had was Murderbot, who just wanted everyone to shut up and leave it alone so it could watch the entertainment feed all day.

If you can fight, you don't have to fight. And you don't have to cower. And girls like that, whatever they say.

Girls, in those days, couldn't do anything to you (they couldn't call the lawyers, the tabloids, the cops) except kill themselves or get pregnant. All they had was life: they could augment it, they could bear it away. They could subtract from it or they could add to it; and that was all.

There is nothing more majestic than the determined courage of individuals willing to suffer and sacrifice for their freedom and dignity.

I came to the conclusion that there is an existential moment in your life when you must decide to speak for yourself; nobody else can speak for you.

Unless you have found something in life to live for that is more important to you than your own life, you will always be a slave. For all another man needs to do is threaten to take your life to get you to do his bidding.

Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence often brings about momentary results. Nations have frequently won their independence in battle. But in spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace.

freedom is not given, it is won.

Any Christian who blindly accepts the opinions of the majority and in fear and timidity follows a path of expediency and social approval is a mental and spiritual slave.

India won her independence, but without violence on the part of Indians. The aftermath of hatred and bitterness that usually follows a violent campaign was found nowhere in India. The way of acquiescence leads to moral and spiritual suicide. The way of violence leads to bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers. But the way of nonviolence leads to redemption and the creation of the beloved community.

Ah what harm? Do what you want and feck everybody else is Johnnypateenmichael's motto.

Hercule was thoughtful, learned and well read, something of an inspiration to Bruno, who was learning that he need not be limited by the inadequacies of his own schooling but that he could read for himself, learn by himself, think for himself.

Remember this: You are the benchmark of your success - you define it. Don't let anyone else define it because if you do, you will fail. Appreciate those who support you and challenge those who don't

She left home in a huff of tears and landed in Chicago. That soaring city on Lake Michigan suited her outspoken, rebellious ways more than the delicately mannered, cultured city of Charleston ever had.

I'm sure that's true. Nonetheless, Nate has to learn to face the consequences of his actions. You will not be able to protect him from all of life's difficult moments, you know. No parent can. All we can do is to let him go through them and learn from them. To give him the tools he needs.

My happiness has to come from within myself or it is too fragile a thing to be of any use to me and too much of a burden to benefit any of my loved ones.