Quotes about Independence

If you spend your life trying to please people or letting them control you, you may make them happy, but you'll miss your destiny.

I have never in my life seen a Kentuckian who didn't have a gun, a pack of cards, and a jug of whiskey.

We the people declare today that the most evident of truth that all of us are created equal ... that our individual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on Earth.

There is only one person responsible for the quality of life you live and that person is you.

One of the biggest defects in life is the inability to ask for help.

I have to live my life. I have a family and I just think it's absurd to let other people influence the way you live.

Forbid a man to think for himself or to act for himself and you may add the joy of piracy and the zest of smuggling to his life.

You and only you are responsible for your life choices and decisions.

For if all the men in the world looked upon you as more happy than themselves, then you would be contented. Oh, do not let your happiness depend upon the fancies of other men.

If the others heard me talking out loud they would think that I am crazy. But since I am not, I do not care.

No animal has more liberty than the cat, but it buries the mess it makes. The cat is the best anarchist.

His choice had been to stay in the deep dark water far out beyond all snares and traps and treacheries. My choice was to go there to find him beyond all people. Beyond all people in the world. Now we are joined together and have been since noon. And no one to help either one of us.