Independent Quotes

Life is all about exploring yourself, discovering yourself and grooming yourself, then you will surely stop negative thinking.

If you are the land, then I am the sea. I don't need you and you don't need me.

A man with integrity, with vision, with a sense of purpose and place in the world as exactly himself. That's the kind of man I'll settle for.

We are indeed drifting into the arena of the unwell.

Maybe I can learn to live in a way that makes it worth writing about, and maybe I can actually become something more than this empty shell.

For too many centuries women have been being muses to artists. I wanted to be the muse, I wanted to be the wife of the artist, but I was really trying to avoid the final issue — that I had to do the job myself.

Not a day goes by, without thinking, that books are our future, not technology.

If you are not living according to the will of God but independent of Him, you will never be happy and experience inner rest

Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.

With regard to things such as independence, mental capabilities, and sexuality, a very old man is nothing but a gigantic infant with white hair and wrinkles.

When God takes out the trash, don't go digging back through it. Trust Him.

If I choose to take the pen from God and write the story of my life without Him, I better have plenty of erasers and a whole lot of white-out. Better yet, I should invest in a good shredder.

The self-addressed stamped envelope. The representation of everything that was wrong with the old publishing industry.

Lena realized that a fundamental layer of their happiness depended on the four of them being close to one another. Their lives were independent and full. Their friendship was only one aspect of their lives, but it seemed to give meaning to all the others.

I don't need anybody to handle my problems, only I am capable of solving them my self.

What is a genius? A person who demands little to nothing from others, but is often found extremely difficult to have around.

All that which proceeds from man’s independent ego is good. All that which proceeds from man’s dependence upon men is evil.

Terriers are problem solvers. They'll do what you tell them, but only if it happens to be in line with what they wanted to do anyway.

The problem with the ‘herd’ is that our voice is never ‘heard’.

Some people ask me whether I'm a "mama's girl" or a "papa's girl". I'm *nobody's* girl. My brother clings to our parents; I'm the one shoving them out the door.

I think I’ll feel out of place wherever I go on earth, forever. But that’s fine. I have to make my peace with that.

Dig Deep! When the task at hand seems to be very difficult. Dig Deep! Whenever you feel you're drifting away from your intended course. Dig Deep! When others doubt you and say it can't be done. Dig Deep! Whenever you feel like giving up. Dig Deep! When life throws you a curve ball. If you quit, you'll never hit that homerun