Independence Quotes

1048 Independence quotes by 732 unique authors

How does he achieve this independence? He does it by means of a continuous activity. How does he become free? By means of constant effort.… — Maria Montessori
No one can be free unless he is independent. Therefore, the first active manifestations of the child's individual liberty must be so guided that through… — Maria Montessori
What we need is a world full of miracles, like the miracle of seeing the young child seeking work and independence, and manifesting a wealth… — Maria Montessori
The essence of independence is to be able to do something for one’s self. Adults work to finish a task, but the child works in… — Maria Montessori
The War between the States... produced the foundation for the kind of government we have today: consolidated and absolute, based on the unrestrained will of… — Walter E. Williams
School prepares for the alienating institutionalization of life by teaching the need to be taught. Once this lesson is learned, people lose their incentive to grow… — Ivan Illich
Independence is useful, but caring attitudes and behaviors shrivel up in a culture where each person is responsible only for himself. — Alfie Kohn
I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence. — Abraham Lincoln
The ultimate end is a nation that lies under the concept of the Declaration of Indepen dence. The Declaration of Independence is such an extraordinary… — Malcolm Wallop
I saw clearly how those who saved the state so heroically and courageously in the War of Independence would be capable of bringing a catastrophe… — Moshe Sharett
I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if… — Samuel Dash
I remember that during the period leading up to independence in Angola in 1975, I was the only correspondent there at all for three months. — Ryszard Kapuscinski
Fashion sighs after trends. I want timeless elegance. Fashion has no time. I do. I say: Hello Lady, how can I help you? Fashion has no time… — Yohji Yamamoto
We have a tendency to romanticize independence. Most business literature still views autonomy as a virtue, as though communication, teamwork, and cooperation were lesser values. — Keith Ferrazzi
The conventional wisdom in our business is that you have to grow and keep moving to survive. We never grew, always stayed tiny, and it serves… — Stefan Sagmeister
Russia also declared its independence. This was approved by the Supreme Soviet, and you know and remember that there was the Declaration on the Independence… — Boris Yeltsin
The cause of Hawaii and independence is larger and dearer than the life of any man connected with it. Love of country is deep-seated in… — LiliÊ»uokalani
Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it. — Ziad K. Abdelnour
Its important for women to work. They need to keep their independence, to keep earning and being challenged. — Tamara Mellon
The Arabs were Germany's natural friends...They were therefore prepared to cooperate with Germany with all their hearts and stood ready to participate in a war,… — Haj Amin al-Husseini
One single vision fills all minds: that of our independence endangered. One single duty imposes itself upon our wills: the duty of stubborn resistance. — King Albert II
My main mistake was to have made an ancient people advance by forced marches toward independence, health, culture, affluence, comfort. — Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
The only condition a library asks its users to honor is to do justice to their own imagination, their own curiosity and their own thirst… — Vartan Gregorian
Louis Braille created the code of raised dots for reading and writing that bears his name and brings literacy, independence, and productivity to the blind. — Bob Ney
To be wealthy you must develop a burning desire for wealth and financial independence. — Brian Tracy

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