independence Quotes (20)

“That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.”

“First secure an independent income, then practice virtue.”

“The best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.”

“Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance?”

“Hermits have no peer pressure.”

“Reexamine all that you have been told... Dismiss that which insults your soul.”

“Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.”

“I do not shake hands from a sanitary standpoint.”

“Lean too much on the approval of people, and it becomes a bed of thorns.”

“A forest bird never wants a cage.”

“Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?”

“Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.”

“We must hang together, gentlemen...else, we shall most assuredly hang separately.”

“Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices, but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence and fulfills the duty to express the results of his thought in clear form.”

“Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.”

“To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.”

“When all think alike, no one thinks very much.”

“If you want to achieve greatness, stop asking for permission.”

“Go your own way, and let others say what they will.”

“Heaven helps those who help themselves.”