William E. Gladstone Quotes

There's no better way to be than depending on yourself.

If I am to truly become an autonomous woman, then I must take over that role of being my own guardian.

I just felt like I had to create a life for myself where I was more independent.

Every people should be originators of their own destiny.

I had a job when I was 10. I started living on my own when I was 17 or 18. I've earned my own money; I've traveled the world. What would I rebel against?

Being independent is everything. That's all I know.

We always did everything ourselves.

Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

Foundational autonomy asserts instead that in the most fundamental practical sense, I am my own creator, which means that at the core, I am alone.

There is no such thing as being too independent.

But the whole point of liberation is that you get out. Restructure your life. Act by yourself.

I am responsible for no one but myself.

I built my entire life on the idea of independence.

I didn't want to start relying on what someone else thought was right. It was easier to go away all together.

If you don't want to be a slave, stop acting like a slave.

I have a very independent spirit.

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.

Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.

I guess I'm just fiercely independent.

As I said, men value their independence in a weird way, above practically everything.

As you grow and mature, you will want and will earn more freedom to live your lives your way and to make your own choices. This you should do.

I was born with a fierce need for independence.

The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.