Independence

You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. - Abraham Lincoln Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty. - Louis D. Brandeis It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinions; it is easy in solitude to live after your own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude - Ralph Waldo Emerson Independence of nation begins with independence of self. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. - Winston Churchill Further reading: Is there a place for Honor today? How to be Positive Around Negative People How to Make a Decision You Won't Regret