Here are various quotes relative to Independence.
“To find yourself, think for yourself.” -Socrates
“I’d rather die my way than live yours.” -Lauren Oliver
“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.” -Charlotte Bronte
“I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.”-Theodore Roosevelt
“So the fact that I’m me and no one else is one of my greatest assets. Emotional hurt is the price a person has to pay in order to be independent.” – Haruki Murakami
“Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.”-Winston Churchill
“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
“Time is the most valuable coin in your life. You and you alone will determine how that coin will be spent. Be careful that you do not let other people spend it for you.”-Carl Sandburg