Quotes about Independence
Only the desert has a fascination--to ride alone--in the sun in the forever unpossessed country--away from man. That is a great temptation.
— DH Lawrence
To be able to lead others, a man must be willing to go forward alone.
— Harry S. Truman
No man [or woman] is free until he learns to do his own thinking and gains the courage to act on his own personal initiative.
— Napoleon Hill
Every man is born an original, but sadly, most men die copies.
— Abraham Lincoln
The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
— Abraham Lincoln
The man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down.
— Frederick Douglass
Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring.
— Desmond Tutu
Every man's happiness is his own responsibility.
— Abraham Lincoln
Better be an old maid, a woman with herself as a husband, than the wife of a fool; and Solomon more than hints that all men are fools; and every wise man knows himself to be one.
— Herman Melville
Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state; but where men are who know how to take care of themselves, these are cities and walls.
— John Quincy Adams
Self reliance, the height and perfection of man, is reliance on God.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson