Voyager upon life's sea: - To...

Voyager upon life's sea: - To yourself be true, And whate'er your lot may be, Paddle your own canoe.

~Edward P. Philpots~

The price for independence is ...

The price for independence is often isolation and solitude.

~Steve Schmidt~

The man who goes alone can sta...

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready, and it may be a long time before they get off.

~Henry David Thoreau~

So live that you can look any ...

So live that you can look any man in the eye and tell him to go to hell.

~Source Unknown~

Small is the number of them th...

Small is the number of them that see with their own eyes, and feel with their own hearts.

~Albert Einstein~

Our treatment of both older pe...

Our treatment of both older people and children reflects the value we place on independence and autonomy. We do our best to make our children independent from birth. We leave them all alone in rooms with the lights out and tell them, ''Go to sleep by yourselves.'' And the old people we respect most are the ones who will fight for their independence, who would sooner starve to death than ask for help.

~Margaret Mead~

In the word of no master am I ...

In the word of no master am I bound to believe.

~Horace~

I would rather sit on a pumpki...

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion.

~Henry David Thoreau~

I never thrust my nose into ot...

I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine: Every man for himself and God for us all.

~Miguel de Cervantes~

I equally dislike the favor of...

I equally dislike the favor of the public with the love of a woman -- they are both a cloying treacle to the wings of independence.

~John Keats~

I am lord of myself, accountab...

I am lord of myself, accountable to none.

~Benjamin Franklin~

Can anything be so elegant as ...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?

~Ralph Waldo Emerson~