Quotes about Freedom
One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights.
— James K. Polk
We will not stop resisting the occupation until liberation or martyrdom.
— Muqtada al Sadr
You become a worrier by practicing worry. You become free of worry by practicing the opposite…
— Norman Vincent Peale
The jailer is you. You're the only person who has the key to your cell. You're the only one who can open the door that leads to freedom.
— Norman Vincent Peale
When we were given dominion over the world, we were also given dominion over ourselves. God is not our navigator. It was never His intention to chart a course for each of us and thus place us all under His bondage. Instead, He bestowed each of us with intellect and talent and vision to map our own way, to write our own Book of Life in any manner we choose.
— Og Mandino
Every day brings a chance to live free of regret and with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand.
— Oprah Winfrey
Forgiveness is.... giving up the hope that you can change the past.
— Oprah Winfrey
Everything you blame, you're stuck with. Bless it. Wish it well. Wish it its own freedom, and it will be very powerful in the way that it will not come back to you. If you don't forgive it, if you don't bless it, if you don't wish it well, the energy will just be magnetically drawn back to you because it's looking for resolution. All negative energy that we've inherited, it's there because it's looking for resolution. — Adyashanti
— Oprah Winfrey
What I know for sure is that every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and step out and dance—to live free of regret and filled with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand. You can either waltz boldly onto the stage of life and live the way you know your spirit is nudging you to, or you can sit quietly by the wall, receding into the shadows of fear and self-doubt. You
— Oprah Winfrey
Books, for me, have always been a way to escape. They were my path to personal freedom. I actually learned to read at the age of three, and once I did, I quickly learned that there was a whole world beyond my grandmother's farm in Mississippi.
— Oprah Winfrey
Books, for me, used to be a way to escape. I now consider reading a good book a sacred indulgence, a chance to be any place I choose. It is my absolute favorite way to spend time. What I know for sure is that reading opens you up.
— Oprah Winfrey
Every woman is a rebel.
— Oscar Wilde