Quotes about Independence
I used the aspects of being a woman to my advantage, but I worked for myself, not a big corporation, so I was lucky to have the freedom to behave however I liked.
— Diane von Furstenberg
Deep in our hearts everyone walks free.
— Richard Paul Evans
So if she left you because you suck, she still did you a favor." "How is that?" "Because no one is happy living in a sick relationship, whether they're the weak link or the strong one. And if you're the weak link, this is your chance to learn that." "What are you, a marriage counselor?" "No. I'm a weak link.
— Richard Paul Evans
In the second half of life, people have less power to infatuate you. But they also have much less power to control you or hurt you.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
If you want French fries, then make them yourself from whole potatoes and unrefined, unprocessed oil.
— Rick Warren
This truth, that I have to please only God, is an important key to becoming resistant to being manipulated by disapproval from others.
— Rick Warren
Thinking about My Purpose POINT TO PONDER: Happiness is my choice. I don't need anyone's approval to be happy. VERSE TO REMEMBER: "Even if my father and mother abandon me, the Lord will hold me close." PSALM 27:10 (NLT) QUESTION TO CONSIDER: Whose opinion matters most to me? Whose approval am I living for?
— Rick Warren
If you live for the approval of others, you will die by their rejection.
— Rick Warren
This is the opposite of brainwashing. This is the opposite of Just believe and don't ask questions. He keeps inviting people to think critically, to examine, question, doubt, test, struggle. To own it for themselves. I came across this line in the New Testament: Test everything. I love that line. It's
— Rob Bell
Always fall in with what you're asked to accept. Take what is given, and make it over your way. My aim in life has always been to hold my own with whatever's going. Not against: with.
— Robert Frost
Originality and initiative are what I ask for my country.
— Robert Frost
But no, I was out for stars; I would not come in. I meant not even if asked; And I hadn't been.
— Robert Frost