Independence is a simple concept. At its most basic level, it means having full autonomy over one’s own life. May these Independence Quotes On Success inspire you to take action so that you may live your dreams.
1. “The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.” Christopher Hitchens
2. “Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good.” Thomas Paine
3. “Every human has four endowments – self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom. The power to choose, to respond, to change.” Stephen Covey
4. “I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.” Kamala Harris
5. “You cannot build character and courage by destroying men’s initiative and independence.” William J. H. Boetcker
6. “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.” Mahalia Jackson
7. “The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.” Denis Waitley
8. “Let all your views in life be directed to a solid, however moderate, independence; without it no man can be happy nor even honest.” Junius
9. “It is the business of the very few to be independent; it is a privilege of the strong.” Friedrich Nietzsche
10. “Be an independent thinker at all times, and ignore anyone who attempts to define you in a limiting way.” Sherry Argov
11. “I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.” Nelson Mandela
12. “If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.” Henry Ford
13. “Self-government, self-discipline, self-responsibility are the triple safeguards of the independence of man.” Bernice Moore
14. “Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.” Nicolas Chamfort
15. “To become financially independent you must turn part of your income into capital; turn capital into enterprise; turn enterprise into profit; turn profit into investment; and turn investment into financial independence.” Jim Rohn
16. “The desire to be self-supporting and financially independent is a divine desire.” Catherine Ponder
17. “Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone.” Deborah Tannen
18. “Independence is loyalty to one’s best self and principles, and this is often disloyalty to the general idols and fetishes.” Mark Twain
19. “To be truly and really independent is to support ourselves by our own exertions.” Jane Porter
20. “Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.” Alexander Pope
21. “I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.” Dido Armstrong
22. “True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what’s right.” Brigham Young
23. “Independence is essential for permanent but fatal to immediate success.” Samuel Butler
24. “True elegance for me is the manifestation of an independent mind.” Isabella Rossellini
25. “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.” Mary Wollstonecraft
26. “Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine does. It does not matter that its taste is not always appealing. It is addictive and with each drink you want more.” Maya Angelou
27. “Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence.” David Ben-Gurion
28. “Financial independence is the ability to live from the income of your own personal resources.” Jim Rohn
29. “Be that strong girl that everyone knew would make it through the worst, be that fearless girl, the one who would dare to do anything, be that independent girl who didn’t need a man; be that girl who never backed down.” Taylor Swift
30. “A good job is more than just a paycheck. A good job fosters independence and discipline, and contributes to the health of the community. A good job is a means to provide for the health and welfare of your family, to own a home, and save for retirement.” James H. Douglas
31. “We need to become energy independent or at least aspire to that.” Thomas Friedman
32. “It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
33. “A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.” Seneca
34. “Some feel that you lose your independence if you don’t let your mind just wander where it wants to, if you try to control it. But that is not the case. If your mind is proceeding in the correct way, one already has the correct opinion. But if your mind is proceeding in an incorrect way, then it’s necessary, definitely, to exercise control.” Dalai Lama
35. “If you are not financially independent by the time you are forty or fifty, it doesn’t mean that you are living in the wrong country or at the wrong time. It simply means that you have the wrong plan.” Jim Rohn
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