Quotes About Independence

The difference between the scarecrow and the mannequin is that they both don't know they are being used by others.

You will never find a new place by following the trail of others.

After I spent my whole life chasing wings, I learned that I don't need them to fly."

Repeating what others do just shows me that there is no intelligent life on Earth. The lamp exists, but without light (energy) it is useless.

dependency harms culture. People thrive the more they can be self-reliant.

If a woman must make a fool of herself, the least a man can do is to let her be one in her own way.

I'm not buddy-buddy with the players. If they need a buddy, let them buy a dog.

When I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I'd be alone a lot. Basically we all are. Loneliness comes with life.

I finally faced the fact that it isn`t a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fewer problems.

I decided long ago, never to walk in anyone's shadows.

I'd rather be alone than unhappy

I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow; if I fail, or if I succeed at least I live as I believe.

It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do.

I'm much happier on my own. I can spend as much time with somebody as I want to spend, but I'm not looking to be with somebody forever or live with someone. I don't want somebody in my house.

Mark my words: living alone is the ultimate exploration of inner truth. It's one thing to see yourself as a web of changing relationships: to others, to society, to material things and places. It's quite another to see simply yourself, to be your own companion, to talk to yourself and answer back honestly. Your times change because others change them for you. My changes come purely from within.

I wonder if The Lesson is that, in order to succeed, I need to rely upon myself, trust myself, love myself, and not put my happiness and sadness into the hands of others.

I need to rely upon myself, trust myself, love myself and not put my happiness and sadness into the hands of others.

I'm not a prophet I can only use historical reality to come to a view of the future, and my view is that Africa will return to being African and not European. The advent of colonialism was foreign to the country itself, but it will return to what it was before the Europeans arrived.

In the desert I had found a freedom unattainable in civilization; a life unhampered by possessions, since everything that was not a necessity was an encumbrance.

I tasted freedom and a way of life from which there could be no recall.

Mistaking insolence for freedom has always been the hallmark of the slave.

As catástrofes dos tempos mostraram-nos que o povo ensinado a ser cegamente fiel em qualquer sistema se privará da sua própria liberdade; matará o que lhe dá a liberdade, e fugirá com o ditador.

Üstelik, sana bir y???n söz söyleyerek, senin ve ya?am?n?n, ailenin ve çocuklar?n?n birer hiç oldu?unu anlat?yorlar; aptal, köleli?e elveri?li ve ba?kalar?n?n kullanaca?? birer insan oldu?unuzu söylüyorlar, insan?n size diledi?i i?lemi uygulayaca??n? hayk?r?yorlar. Size "ki?isel özgürlük" de?il "ulusal özgürlük" vaat ediyorlar.

Whatever does not spring from a man's free choice, or is only the result of instruction and guidance, does not enter into his very being, but remains alien to his true nature; he does not perform it with truly human energies, but merely with mechanical exactness...we may admire what he does, but we despise what he is.