Independence Quotes

The mind is independent of the man. He has no control over it; it does as it pleases. It will take up a subject in spite of him; it will stick to it in spite of him; it will throw it aside in spite of him. It is entirely independent of him.

If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.

Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath.

I am lord of myself, accountable to none.

I was always an independent, even when I had partners.

As one goes through life one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe you don’t move.

It is easy to be independent when you’ve got money. But to be independent when you haven’t got a thing – that’s the Lord’s test.

I am of a sect by myself, as far as I know.

Let all your views in life be directed to a solid, however moderate, independence; without it no man can be happy, nor even honest.

I believe a man is happier, and happy in a richer way, if he has ‘the freeborn mind.’ But I doubt whether he can have this without economic independence, which the new society is abolishing. For economic independence allows an education not controlled by Government; and in adult life it is the man who needs, […]