Quotes about Independence

Every woman is a human being-one cannot repeat that too often-and a human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.

The best bet is to bet on yourself.

The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they could and should do themselves.

The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.

Material things aside, we need no advice but approval.

I'm single because I was born that way.

When you have decided what you believe, what you feel must be done, have the courage to stand alone and be counted.

Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.

Every man must bear his own burden.

Neither Gauguin nor Bernard has written again. I think that Gauguin doesn't care a damn about it, because it isn't going to be done at once, and I for my part, seeing that Gauguin has managed to muddle along by himself for six months, am ceasing to believe in the urgent necessity of helping him.

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness.