I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings. Read Summary
I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don't solicit their opinions or votes. Read Summary
No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. Read Summary
I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create. Read Summary
Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others. Read Summary
The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves. Read Summary
Freedom - to walk free and own no superior. Read Summary
Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end. Read Summary
It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent. Read Summary
Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too. Read Summary
Injustice in the end produces independence. Read Summary
I own my own company, so I've never had businessmen telling me what to do or getting worried if something doesn't sell. I've always had my own access to the public, because I started off making my clothes for a little shop and so I've always had people buying them. Read Summary
The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness. Read Summary
A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction. Read Summary
The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing. Read Summary
I am too pure for you or anyone. Read Summary
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed. Read Summary
Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps. Read Summary
My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady and the other was to be independent, and the law was something most unusual for those times because for most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A. but your M.R.S. Read Summary
My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent. Read Summary