Quotes about Independence
The same fact that Boccaccio offers in support of religion might be adduced in behalf of a republic: It exists in spite of its ministers."
— Heinrich Heine
To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but to so love wisdom as to live according to its dictates a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust
— Henry David Thoreau
I quietly declare war with the State, after my fashion, though I will still make use and get advantage of her as I can, as is usual in such cases.
— Henry David Thoreau
I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.
— Henry David Thoreau
Any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one.
— Henry David Thoreau
A simple and independent mind does not toil at the bidding of any prince.
— Henry David Thoreau
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.
— Henry David Thoreau
I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
— Henry David Thoreau
If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.
— Henry Ford
A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Don't let someone else's opinion of you become your reality.
— Les Brown
Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.
— Oscar Wilde