Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

Obedience is the path to freedom.

Obedience is the road to freedom.

If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.

I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.

Children should have enough freedom to be themselves - once they've learned the rules.

The disciplined are free.

To keep that absolute freedom we cannot be obliged to anyone.

I'm no one's lap dog, you can't put me on a leash.

I can't imagine people telling me what to do - I just can't imagine it.

I've learned over the years that freedom is just the other side of discipline.

Independence doesn't mean you decide the way you want.

I hate exercising self-control.

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.

I'm at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.

I am not bound to please thee with my answer.

It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.

I don't listen to anybody. You need my help: Come to me, shut up, forget who you are. I will take care of you. And I do my job.

You never want me in a position to have to think. That's bad.

In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

Human beings aren't supposed to be controlled and told what to do.

I don't make any rules.

No group will ever be able to impose its will on me even if they number thousands. I would still order them to leave the session out of respect for the assembly's regulations.

None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom but license.

Do not deliver yourself up as a slave to any man.