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“Independence may be found in comparative as well as in absolute abundance; I mean where a person contracts his desires within the limits of his fortune.”

Wells May Mean Persons Desire Found Limits Absolutes Independence Fortune Abundance Contracts

Author:William Shenstone

“The most desirable mode of education, is that which is careful that all the acquisitions of the pupil shall be preceded and accompanied by desire . . . The boy, like the man, studies because he desires it. He proceeds upon a plan of is own invention, or by which, by adopting, he has made his own. Everything bespeaks independence and inequality.”

Men Made Desire Boys Study Plans He Man Independence Careful Invention Inequality Desirable Acquisition Pupils Adopting

Author:William Godwin

“There is, first, the desire for strength, for achievement, for adequacy, for confidence in the face of the world, and for independence and freedom. Secondly, we have what we may call the desire for reputation or prestige”

World Firsts May Faces Desire Fame Achievement Independence Reputation Prestige Independence And Freedom Adequacy

Book:A Theory of Human Motivation

Source: A Theory of Human Motivation

“Progress means movement in a desired direction, and we do not all desire the same things for our species.”

Mean Desire Progress Movement Independence Species

Book:God in the Dock

Source: God in the Dock

“But if objects for gratitude and admiration are our desire, do they not present themselves every hour to our eyes?”

Ifs Eye Desire Hours Objects Gratitude Independence Admiration

Book:The Theological Works of Thomas Paine

Source: The Theological Works of Thomas Paine

“To an American, that which deprives him of his freedom he regards as injustice, and that which allows him to enjoy that freedom he regards as justice. The concept of justice is as central to the totality of his being as freedom is, and this is not surprising, since the motivating idea behind the American Declaration of Independence was the fervent desire for justice.”

Ideas Desire Politics Enjoy Justice Behinds Economy Concepts Regard Independence Injustice Liberalism Surprising Declaration Totality Declaration Of Independence Fervent

Author:Ndabaningi Sithole

“In a famous Middletown study of Muncie, Indiana, in 1924, mothers were asked to rank the qualities they most desire in their children. At the top of the list were conformity and strict obedience. More than fifty years later, when the Middletown survey was replicated, mothers placed autonomy and independence first. The healthiest parenting probably promotes a balance of these qualities in children.”

Years Firsts Children Mother Desire Values Quality Study Balance Independence Lists Obedience Fifty Conformity Strict Autonomy Surveys Indiana

Author:Richard Louv

“The wonder of Independence is that it encourages open minds and the desire to improve.”

Mind Desire Wonder Independence Open Mind

Author:Monty Roberts