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Quotes about Independence

All he needed was a wheel in his hand and four on the road.
— Jack Kerouac
Acquire worldly wisdom and adjust your behavior accordingly. If your new behavior gives you a little temporary unpopularity with your peer group then to hell with them.
— Charlie Munger
The free world knows, out of the bitter wisdom of experience, that vigilance and sacrifice are the price of liberty.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
The great wisdom of life is that we can be masters of the things that try to enslave us.
— Paulo Coelho
If you don't invest in you, you'll soon find that no one else will, either.
— Bishop TD Jakes
When you stop relying on others or blaming others or waiting on others to go kill something and bring it back for you to eat, you realize you have to go hunt and kill for yourself. You don't complain about what you lack or let setbacks get in the way of finding a way to make your dreams happen. You just go do it.
— Bishop TD Jakes
You can't let other people determine how far you are willing to go to reach Destiny because it's simply not their call. They don't get it, so don't worry about them!
— Bishop TD Jakes
We hope that our incessant need to make things better for them didn't make them less capable human beings, less able to withstand the trials that will come their way because they didn't experience any disruption growing up.
— Bishop TD Jakes
It's our money, and we're free to spend it any way we please.
— Rose Kennedy
I have no one to leave the money to. I'm a single man. I like spending my money.
— Elton John
There is no point in spending time with someone who makes you forget your sense of self.
— Sangram Singh
I had to learn - since I'm divorced now and everyone is like, 'Oh my God, you're single, what's going on?' - that if I don't like to spend time with myself, how can I ask someone else to enjoy spending time with me? I'm getting to learn how to enjoy my solitude and have a good time.
— Gabrielle Union