God, if he believed in Him, and his conscience, if he had one, were the only judges to whom he was answerable.
Jules VerneStichwörter: god conscience independence
We all have vices, visible and invisible. Some we deliberately keep secret. Others we don’t even realize or we refuse to admit we have…Vices can be lots of fun, or they can turn your life into a living hell. Accept them for what they are, just another aspect of the mind’s creation, and you can enjoy them—if you choose—without being broken by them.
- Zeena Schreck for VICE Magazine
Stichwörter: strength empowerment morality freedom-of-thought self-determination independence freedom-of-choice vices sins virtues-and-vices zeena-schreck spiritual-transformation vice-magazine
The hell of it is, I know the answer. The answer is that you never, ever, rely on another person for your peace of mind. If you do, you're screwed but good. Not right away, maybe, but sooner or later. You have to -- I don't know --you have to learn to live with yourself. You have to learn to turn back your own sheets and set a table for one without feeling pathetic. You have to be strong and confident and pleased with yourself and never give the slightest impression that you can't hack it without that certain goddamn someone. You have to fake the hell out of it.
Armistead MaupinStichwörter: self-reliance independence
In the second half of life, people have less power to infatuate you. But they also have much less power to control you or hurt you.
Richard RohrStichwörter: emotions independence manipulations
A man don't always have to eat what he's standing life. If he wants, a man can fix a meal of his own choosing.
Nathan McCallStichwörter: self-determination independence destiny choices
Let's make our own way,' says the Mother, 'and not in this boat.
Lorrie MooreStichwörter: conformity independence
The only people we want to blame are ourselves, because it will be ourselves that we rely upon.
Markus ZusakStichwörter: honesty independence self-awareness independent-thought self-realization self-awareness-honesty-self
Those miserable women who blame the men who let them down for their misery and isolation enact every day the initial mistake of sacrificing their personal responsibility for themselves.
Germaine GreerStichwörter: feminism independence
Lovers who are free to go when they are restless always come back; lovers who are free to change remain interesting. The bitter animosity and obscenity of divorce is unknown where individuals have not become Siamese twins.
Germaine GreerStichwörter: independence divorce
She had shown him by her independence how it was only fear that held people together. The fear of being alone and the fear of being different.
Mervyn PeakeStichwörter: revolution independence fears
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