Independent Quotes

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  For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.158, Pan Macmillan

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• 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

  Independence, Income, Self Help

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jan 23, 2016

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• There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

  Nelson Mandela

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

  Adlai E. Stevenson

  Freedom, Patriotic, Society

  Adlai E. Stevenson's speech in Detroit, Michigan, October 7, 1952.

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• 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

  Change, Encouragement, Freedom

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• To find yourself, think for yourself.

  Socrates

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Charlotte Bronte (2004). “Jane Eyre”, p.130, Variocity

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• The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Lying, Thinking, Essence

  Christopher Hitchens (2009). “Letters to a Young Contrarian”, p.3, Basic Books

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• Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Atheist

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• Independence is never given to a people, it has to be earned; and, once earned, must be defended.

  Chaim Weizmann

  People, Political, Independence

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• The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.

  Carl Rogers

  Inspirational, Motivational, Education

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• Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Motivational, Charity, Helping

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Inspirational, Motivational, Country

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Mar 08, 2012

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  Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!

  Bob Marley

  Inspirational, Music, Song

  "Redemption Song" (song) (1980)

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• Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.

  Jim Rohn

  Money, Opportunity, Greatness

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Sep 03, 2016

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  Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.

  Nelson Mandela

  Success, Passionate, Rise Above

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.112, Pan Macmillan

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• Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Work, Labor Day, Civil War

  Annual Message to Congress, 3 Dec. 1861

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• Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Leadership, Believe

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• I'd rather die my way than live yours.

  Lauren Oliver

  Strong, Women, Independence

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• 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

  Nature, Humor, Vaccines

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• Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.

  Rumi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Confidence

  Rumi (2015). “Selected Poems”, p.72, Penguin UK

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• Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

  Janis Joplin

  Life, Positive, Encouraging

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• I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.

  Kamala Harris

  Independent Women, Victim, Raised

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  You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Wise, Peace

  Gandhi, Mahatma “Inspiring Thoughts”, Rajpal & Sons

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  I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Courage

  Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

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