“ Because I am for them, Commander, because their ancestors stood up to that Nazi, Bligh, just like I would be for one little Jew, terrified and hungry, crossing the Pyrenees to get away to freedom from… James A. Michener
“ We need three basic things to live - food, clothing, and shelter. Very few of us actually grow our own food, make our own clothes, and build our own homes. If we do not fulfill our basic needs by ours… Christine Hassler
“ You’ve remained on the battleground, center stage, experiencing life and, what’s more important, experiencing yourself experiencing it. You haven't been reduced to a logistical strategy for somebody e… Tom Robbins
“ A good relationship does not celebrate dependence; it nurtures the spirit of independence. Fall in love with yourself and commit to your goals, dreams and desires, that’s the most important relationsh… Malti Bhojwani
“ I hated the idea of being half of an individual who could only be completed by someone else, the other half. I liked my independence." -Amya Lydhia Marie
“ Karen had no problem standing up to people. She’d say ‘no’ before the question was even asked. Cate Cameron
“ If you have never questioned set boundaries, or experienced conflict with your family members, you may not have an adult-to-adult connection with your family. If you have no other “best friends” than… Henry Cloud
“ True love transcends the unworthy object, and dwells and broods on the eternal, and when the poor interposed mask crumbles, it is not sad, but feels rid of so much earth, and feels its independency th… Ralph Waldo Emerson
“ Keep your eyes open. Look at the world without prejudice, pay attention to your sources, and decide for yourself where the truth lies. That is the greatness of the path I'm offering you. Javier Sierra
“ Bathsheba loved Troy in the way that only self-reliant women do when they abandon their self-reliance. When a strong woman recklessly throws away her strength, she is worse than a weak woman who has n… Thomas Hardy
“ Furthermore, I preferred to only have cravings I could satisfy without the requirement or assistance of another person. This was, after all, the definition of self-reliance. Penny Reid
“ I know about how you need to be left alone to do work. I know why. This job, you'll be allowed to do that. You'll report to me, but when you're here, you'll be working on tasks that I assign and that… Craig Lancaster
“ ... rarely missed her family - her family had created their own realm of problems - but at times like this, having someone to turn to would have made life easier. Gail Gaymer Martin
“ The notion that I had walked twelve hundred miles since Rotterdam filled me with a legitimate feeling of something achieved. But why should the thought that nobody knew where I was, as though I were i… Patrick Leigh Fermor
“ In the individual who is characterized by independence without corresponding relatedness, there will develop hostility toward those whom he believes to be the occasion of his isolation. In the individ… Rollo May
“ Creator of indifferences” is the motto I want for my spirit today. I'd like my life's activity to consist, above all, in educating others to feel more and more for themselves, and less and less accord… Pessoa
“ The history of Kurdistan doesn’t just tell us why it hasn’t become independent so far. It also helps to make the case for Kurdistan’s independence. It is a desire founded, not just on some passing mod… Davan Yahya Khalil
“ We Kurd must do everything in our power to create structures which prevent the repeat of mass murder by our adversaries,And It’s better to call for independence. Davan Yahya Khalil
“ There is no such thing as an “independent artist”. All artists are essentially co-dependent of the audience. Natasha Tsakos
