Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

The real democratic idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other, but that every one shall have liberty, without hindrance, to be what God made him.

I was kind of raised with the suggestion that I had a duty to do; that life was real, life was earnest. And I hated that, actually. I needed to be liberated, to be told that I could live the life that I wanted to live; that I didn't need a job, or to be shouted at; that I could be myself; that I could be happy.

I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.

I wanted to use my possibility to be an individual, and I suppose I have, no?

Everybody has their thing. I think you can always do what you like.

I love people that willfully defy what you're supposed to be and create their own definition of their selves.

What I try to pass on in my work for everyone is that we can be who we want.

Let LeBron be LeBron.

Coming out of a group, it's always really fun and creative to do your own thing.

I do what I like to do.

I am increasingly an architect of self. I am free to will and choose. I can, through accepting my individuality... become more of my uniqueness, more of my potentiality.

I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.

Those who fear that we are losing our individualism couldn't be more wrong: Americans have never been more free to create and recreate themselves.

What does it mean to be an individual? What does it mean to flourish?

I wouldn't push my kids to do anything. I want them to be happy, healthy, and I want them to be who they want to be, you know?

I just want to be myself and go for my own dreams and goals.

My people. I have given them a sense of individuality, integrity. I have not made them slaves of any god or any religion. Nor of any holy book or any priest. I have certainly not replaced their god. They are all a part of what I call my traveling circus.

Life is about making your own happiness - and living by your own rules.

True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion.

Today, charting your own course isn't just more necessary than ever before. It's also much easier - and much more fun.

No, I don't believe in genius. I believe in freedom. I think anyone can do it. Anyone can be like Rembrandt.

The real story is that I am very free, that I've managed to be who I wanted to be without compromising.

People gonna be they own individuals and have they own worlds and I can't knock it.

The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as one pleases.

I'm totally committed to the cause of individuality. That's the only thing I stand by: independence.