Best independence & able Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“The Christian religion seems to have fulfilled its great biological purpose, in so far as we are able to judge. It has led human thought to independence, and has lost its significance, therefore, to a yet undetermined extent.... It seems to me that we might still make use in some way of its form of thought, and especially of its great wisdom of life, which for two thousand years has proven to be particularly efficacious.”

“Union is only possible to those who are units. To be fit for relations in time, souls, whether of man or woman, must be able to do without them in the spirit.”

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Book:Woman in the Nineteenth Century

Source: Woman in the Nineteenth Century

“It's curious that throughout our history together, with no apparent effort, people have been able to think of the cat simultaneously as the guardian spirit of the hearth and home, and as the emblem of freedom, independence, and rootlessness.”

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Book:Secrets of the Cat: Its Lore, Legend, and Lives

Source: Secrets of the Cat: Its Lore, Legend, and Lives

“I like to be able to do things on my own. I'm a big boy. I can drive myself to an appearance or get on a plane. I like a little bit of independence...”

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Author:Peyton Manning

“A free spirit must be able to surmount anxiety time after time.”

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Author:Mason Cooley

“Cycling also offers a sense of independence, of being able to get up and go wherever and whenever you want. That's invaluable.”

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Author:Adrian Bell

“Independent films are very hard to get made, but I'm lucky enough to get them made, so I'm going to keep doing it. I like my independence. I like being able to tell a story the way I want to tell a story. I don't like developing it with a team. I like coming to a story and deciding whether I want to do it or not.”

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Author:Paul Haggis

“When I think of the most able students I have encountered in my teaching - I mean those who have distinguished themselves not only by skill but by independence of thought - then I must confess that all have had a lively interest in epistemology.”

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Author:Albert Einstein

“When I had independence, it was a constant battle within me to figure out when am I on my own. And also the insecurity that my life engendered, especially as a freelance cartoonist, kept me in a constant state of anxiety as to whether I am going to be able to meet my financial obligations.”

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Author:Al Jaffee

“My father was a very good amateur pianist, and he had a collection of books on technique. One of the things he had was a small volume of exercises by Rudolf Ganz, in which Ganz mentions the pedagogical work of the Swiss composer, Émile-Robert Blanchet, who wrote a ton of polyphonic exercises for one-hand. These exercises were a great help for finger independence, which I acquired early on. This might have given me somewhat of an edge, a facility to be able to knock any obstacle that was in my way.”

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Author:Marc-Andre Hamelin

“On the issue past of independence of Germany, after the time of National Socialism, Germany has been given an enormous amount of help particularly and also from the United States of America. A fact that we were able to enjoy German unification is due first and foremost to the help of the United States of America.”

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Author:Angela Merkel

“I don't mean to say that I'm about to state my credo here on this page, but merely to affirm, sincerely for the first time in my life, my belief in man as an individual and independent entity. Certainly not independence in the everyday sense of the word, but pertaining to a freedom and mobility of thought that few people are able - or even have the courage - to achieve.”

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Book:Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

Source: Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

“A government cannot be expected to allow independence to its central bank unless that bank is also accountable to it and to the wider public. That is, the central bank must be able to be judged on whether or not it has achieved its agreed objective.”

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Author:Ian Macfarlane

“The essence of independence is to be able to do something for one’s self.”

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Author:Maria Montessori

“The essence of independence is to be able to do something for one’s self. Adults work to finish a task, but the child works in order to grow, and is working to create the adult, the person that is to be. Such experience is not just play... it is work he must do in order to grow up.”

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Author:Maria Montessori

“Biblical law permits voluntary slavery because it recognizes that some people are not able to maintain a position of independence . . . The law is humane and also unsentimental. It recognizes that some people are by nature slaves and will always be so.”

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Author:R.J. Rushdoony

“The truest test of independent judgment is being able to dislike someone who admires us, and to admire someone who dislikes us.”

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Book:For the Time Being

Source: For the Time Being

“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.”

Source: Mencken Chrestomathy

“The smartest groups, then, are made up of people with diverse perspectives who are able to stay independent of each other. Independence doesn't imply rationality or impartiality, though. You can be biased and irrational, but as long as you're independent, you won't make the group any dumber.”

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Book:The Wisdom of Crowds

Source: The Wisdom of Crowds

“I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.”

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