Philosophy Independence Thinking Quotes & Sayings

Change isn't a choice; it's already happening. You are atoms and molecules in motion ... you can't avoid change; you ARE change. The question is whether you will EMBRACE the power of change to enhance your life or continue to exhaust yourself in the pointless endeavor to halt it. — Steve Maraboli

Forgiveness is a favor we do for ourselves, not a favor we do to the other party. — Harold S. Kushner

He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader. — Aristotle.

There had to be more to wooing a woman than feeding cattle, minding the store, tending the bar, and sex. That wasn't a bad combination in getting to know a woman, but now that he knew Jill, he wanted to hang the moon for her, make the stars brighter, and force daisies to grow from frozen ground. — Carolyn Brown

The characteristic mark of minds of the first rank is the immediacy of all their judgements. Everything they produce is the result of thinking for themselves and already in the way it is spoken everywhere announces itself as such. — Arthur Schopenhauer

In the city people are moving down sidewalks, up and down escalators, along aisles; they are stationed in the driver's seat of buses, at gas pumps, computers, and cash registers. There is a low-intensity fear in them. They avoid turning in certain directions, flailing their arms or poking their hands in certain ways. They respect invisible barriers. — Alphonso Lingis

We shall have lost something vital and beyond price on the day when the state denies us the right to resort to force ... — Louis D. Brandeis

Your career growth depends mainly on how well you can articulate and present your performance review. — Abhishek Ratna

If I'm talking to a guy who's straight and cute and single, I'm like 'are you a unicorn?' — Margaret Cho