40 independence quotes for those who need to feel free

Personal independence doesn’t start at age 18, it starts when we stop emotionally depending on others.

The price to pay for the privilege of belonging to yourself is never high.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Give me a lever long enough and a support strong enough that I can move the world by myself.

Archimedes

My independence has handcuffs.

Manoel de Barros

Feeling free from imposed shackles and standards is the most beautiful type of personal independence.

I prefer dangerous freedom over safe slavery.

Thomas Jefferson

I own myself, my dreams and my happiness.

Nothing buys my personal independence, because it is my greatest joy and achievement.

Fight tooth and nail so that one day you will have full personal independence.

Only those who have been very dependent on other people know the happiness of achieving personal independence.