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Being independent provides an opportunity to live life the way we choose. To speak freely and make decisions for our own mind and body.
It’s a treasure worth protecting but for some, the desire for safety and comfort can be more powerful than the desire to be free. It can be a slippery slope when one gives their authority away but there are always ways of gaining it back. Freedom is a personal thing and something that each person needs to figure out for themselves.
Here are 15 quotes from great minds in history about liberty & freedom to help remind us to celebrate our independence. Mindfulness techniques allow the mind and body to feel safe, secure and gain more sovereignty in our lives.
Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.
The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
Being brave enough to be alone frees you up to invite people into your life because you want them and not because you need them.
A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.
Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.
For everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labour in freedom.
For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
No one outside ourselves can rule us inwardly. When we know this, we become free.
No person is your friend (or kin) who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.
Tame birds sing of freedom. Wild birds fly.
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Happy Independence Day!
