#dependence

And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#faith #god #honor #independence #loyalty

I am self-reliant, I am accountable, I am determined, I am strong, I am...the scarce minority. ↗

— Thorin

#self-determination

In spite of our poverty and our economic dependence, we do not have to give in, neither because we are sometimes abandoned nor because of the wish of some nations to impose their economic or political models. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#because #dependence #economic #give #impose

I think that you have to do everything you can do to empower girls when they are young, from their education, to their successful independence, to their sexual self-knowledge. ↗

— Susie Bright

#empower #everything #i #i think #independence

Since the German people, with unparalleled heroism, but also at the cost of fearful sacrifices, has waged war against half the world, it is our right and our duty to obtain safety and independence for ourselves at sea. ↗

— Bernhard von Bulow

#also #cost #duty #fearful #german

All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#charming #conceal #dependence #others #people

I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence. ↗

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

#face #i #i believe #i believe that #interdependence

Injustice in the end produces independence. ↗

— Voltaire

#in the end #independence #injustice #produces

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability. ↗

— Henry Ford

#experience #hope #independence #knowledge #man

The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#gifts #give #greatest #greatest gifts #independence