Independence Quotes - Page 15

• In the Steven F. Austin Colony, which was the first colony, Texans first established a provisional government in 1835 with the intention of writing a declaration of independence soon after.

  Michael McCaul

  Writing, Government, Austin

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• Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy.

  Jalal Talabani

  Determination, Mean, Self

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• Independence is a political concept, not a biological concept.

  Margaret J. Wheatley

  Political, Connecting, Concepts

  Margaret J. Wheatley (2010). “Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time (Large Print 16pt)”, p.27, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I believe that one of the great pleasures that we derive from voyaging is that of independence, and we have found that the best guarantee of that independence comes from simplicity.

  Annie Hill

  Peace, Believe, Simplicity

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• Really, then, our problem is not weakness, but independence! And in covenant, you die to independent living.

  Kay Arthur

  Independent, Weakness, Covenant

  Kay Arthur (2009). “Our Covenant God: Living in the Security of His Unfailing Love”, p.141, WaterBrook

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• Lolitas value independence and beauty above all else.

  Novala Takemoto

  Values

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• Diversity and independence are important because the best collective decisions are the product of disagreement and contest, not consensus or compromise.

  James Surowiecki

  Diversity, Decision, Important

  James Surowiecki (2005). “The Wisdom of Crowds”, p.19, Anchor

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• The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, will or knowledge. And to do this in such a way as to help him gain independence as rapidly as possible.

  Virginia Henderson

  Recovery, Unique, Nurse

  Virginia Henderson (1991). “The Nature of Nursing: A Definition and Its Implications for Practice, Research, and Education : Reflections After 25 Years”, ABRAMS

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• Latin America, for the first time in 500 years, is moving towards a degree of independence.

  Noam Chomsky

  Latin, Moving, Years

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• You're getting like an attitude. What you get put through for just wanting something more out of life. Makes you vulnerable. Inside, that tug of desperation, trying not to be excited, maybe this is it, and it's usually freaks and you want to shout I'm not like you.

  Sandra Newman

  Life, Attitude, Trying

  Sandra Newman (2002). “The only good thing anyone has ever done: a novel”, Vintage

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• If the European discovery had been delayed for a century or two, it is possible that the Aztec in Mexico or the Iroquois in North America would have established strong native states capable of adopting European war tactics and maintaining their independence to this day, as Japan kept her independence from China.

  Samuel Eliot Morison

  Strong, War, Discovery

  Samuel Eliot Morison (1972). “The Oxford history of the American people”, Signet

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• Life calls us forth to independence, and anyone who does not heed this call because of childish laziness or timidity is threatened with neurosis. And once this has broken out, it becomes an increasingly valid reason for running away from life.

  Carl Jung

  Running, Broken, Psychology

  Carl Gustav Jung (1967). “Symbols of transformation: an analysis of the prelude to a case of schizophrenia”

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• Realise that your dreams of financial independence have already come true on the mental plane, by the time you desire them or become aware of them.

  Catherine Ponder

  Dream, Spiritual, Psychology

  Catherine Ponder “The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity”, Lulu.com

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• If the American Revolution had produced nothing but the Declaration of Independence, it would have been worth while. . . . The beauty and cogency of the preamble, reaching back to remotest antiquity and forward so an indefinite future, have lifted the hearts of millions of men and will continue to do. . . . These words are more revolutionary than anything written by Robespierre, Marx, or Lenin, more explosive than the atom, a continual challenge to ourselves as well as an inspiration to the oppressed of all the world.

  Samuel Eliot Morison

  Inspiration, Heart, Men

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• Humility is dependence on God as pride is independence of Him. The humble soul is always the thankful soul.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Humility, Humble, Pride

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• The greatest discovery of the 19th century was not in the realm of the physical sciences, but the power of the subconscious mind touched by faith. Any individual can tap into an eternal reservoir of power that will enable them to overcome any problem that may arise. All weaknesses can be overcome, bodily healing, financial independence, spiritual awakening, and prosperity beyond your wildest dreams. This is the superstructure of happiness.

  William James

  Happiness, Dream, Spiritual

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• Courage lies in being oneself, in showing complete independence, in loving what one loves, in discovering the deep roots of one's feelings.

  Fernand Pouillon

  Lying, Roots, Feelings

  Fernand Pouillon (1970). “The stones of Le Thoronet”, Jonathan Cape

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• The further a device is removed from human control, the more authentically mechanical it seems, and the whole trend in technology has been to devise machines that are less and less under direct human control and more and more under their own apparent will.

  Isaac Asimov

  Technology, Hands, Machines

  "Past, Present, and Future".

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• By today's standards King George III was a very mild tyrant indeed. He taxed his American colonists at a rate of only pennies per annum. His actual impact on their personal lives was trivial. He had arbitrary power over them in law and in principle but in fact it was seldom exercised. If you compare his rule with that of today's U.S. Government you have to wonder why we celebrate our independence.

  Joseph Sobran

  Kings, Impact, Government

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• Some non-communist parties and CPPCC members have, at CPPCC meetings or in their proposals, called for the enactment of a law against secession at the earliest date, to resolutely fight and curb 'Taiwan independence' activities in any forms.

  Jia Qinglin

  Party, Fighting, Law

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• The independence of the economic sphere was a tenet of faith with Liberalism

  Francis Parker Yockey

  Faith, Spheres, Economic

  Francis Parker Yockey (2013). “Imperium: The Philosophy of History and Politics”, p.282, The Palingenesis Project (Wermod and Wermod Publishing Group)

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• Independence can only be obtained and secured by a nation that has its spirit raging with determination: independence or death!

  Sukarno

  Determination, Spirit, Rage

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• Joe Smith and Brigham Young laid out Independence, but very soon thereafter enough citizens of the county collected to drive them off, after several stubborn fights.

  Cole Younger

  Fighting, Citizens, Stubborn

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• Our normal human tendencies are distraction and dissipation. We begin one task, then get seduced by some other option, and lose our focus. We drift away from what is difficult and we know to be true, to what is comfortable and socially condoned.

  Daniel Pinchbeck

  Focus, Tasks, Mindfulness

  Daniel Pinchbeck (2012). “The 2012 Collection”, p.205, Penguin

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• The gigantic catastrophes that threaten us today are not elemental happenings of a physical or biological order, but psychic events. To a quite terrifying degree we are threatened by wars and revolutions which are nothing other than psychic epidemics. At any moment several million human beings may be smitten with a new madness, and then we shall have another world war or devastating revolution. Instead of being at the mercy of wild beasts, earthquakes, landslides, and inundations, modern man is battered by the elemental forces of his own psyche.

  Carl Jung

  War, Men, Epidemics

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