“ Freedom is essential to the pursuit of happiness. Freedom is essential to artistic evolution and expression. Freedom is essential to the expansion of the human mind. Freedom is essential to the develo… Richelle E. Goodrich
“ Miriam felt astonished at herself. It was a new thing for her to step out so independently. Somehow, in the past month a tough little root of determination had been growing in her. Whether it was stro… Elizabeth George Speare
“ But he could never be a made guy himself because of his tainted blood, some Sunset Park Puerto Rican on his father's side, even though he was raised Italian. Chili didn't care to be made anyway, get i… Elmore Leonard
“ I cherished her individuality, that spark of independence no child should lose to life's restrictions and parameters. Truddi Chase
“ When someone says you can't, look at where they are sitting. Perhaps they meant they can't. Tim Fargo
“ Years ago, a group of good, wise, brave, God-fearing men stood up to claim and defend the human right for independence. Those men are now dead. Their work is not. If good, wise, brave, God-fearing men… Richelle E. Goodrich
“ 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. Richard Rohr
“ Be an independent thinker at all times, and ignore anyone who attempts to define you in a limiting way. Sherry Argov
“ People will always walk their own road and you cannot drag them onto yours. But, if you happen to wander into the path of a good person, you best take your mask off and shine or I promise, they will j… Ava Ayers
“ The undeniable paradox of human existence is that a person seeks closeness with other people while protecting his or her sanctified right of privacy. Each person must carefully guard their personal id… Kilroy J. Oldster
“ There is something that's a great deal more important than parental approval: learning to do without it. That's what it means to become an adult. Julie Lythcott-Haims
“ The path to the ethnic democratization of American society is through its culture, that is to say through its cultural apparatus, which comprises the eyes, the ears, and the "mind" of capitalism and i… Harold Cruse
“ We can only save ourselves through elevating our individual consciousness, by realizing there is already completeness within, and exercising as much considerate independence, respect and fairness as i… Bryant McGill
“ True respect comes when we fend for ourselves without the aid of anyone, and when we owned something and say, 'this is my own'! Not necessarily as a way of boasting of our abundance and grace, but hav… Michael Bassey Johnson
