Top 1200 Strong Independent Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

The desire to criticise becomes less and less as the character is developed. It is the mark of a ?ne character never to be critical and to mention but rarely the faults of others. A strong character does not resist evil, but uses their strength in building the good. They know that when the light is made strong, the darkness will disappear of itself.

I've always been very independent; I take care of myself.

You have to be willing to be a live performer, if you want to make money as an independent.

Through the years, I have combined meditation, action, and the Iron into a single strength. I believe that when the body is strong, the mind thinks strong thoughts. Time spent away from the Iron makes my mind degenerate. I wallow in a thick depression. My body shuts down my mind.

The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.

I have no political affiliations and have always and do now consider myself an independent.

Superior sales and distribution by itself can create a monopoly, even with no product differentiation. The converse is not true. No matter how strong your product-even if it easily fits into already established habits and anybody who tries it likes it immediately-you must still support it with a strong distribution plan.

I come from Venezuela, from the independent film arena, and you work with one camera.

A simple and independent mind does not toil at the bidding of any prince.

Now, I am completely independent - I earn my living by speaking and writing.

Apologizing makes me feel vulnerable. And strong. Expressing gratitude makes me feel vulnerable. And strong. Maybe there's something to this vulnerability/strength connection, eh?

I think it's difficult for members of Congress to be as independent as they need to be in their voting.

I'm always drawn to strong female leads, so that's what drew me to 'Lost Girl.' I was a 'Buffy' fan and watched it with friends every week. I was also a big fan of 'Alias' when that was on - they both had strong female leads, and that's what draws me in the most.

We turned what is virtually a glorified independent label into one of the powerhouse labels in the town.

Apart from being a playback singer for films, I'm also an independent musician.

I don't see any independent position that I'm in; it's rather inter-dependent.

A magician is strong because he feels pain. He feels the difference between what the world is and what he would make of it. Or what did you think that stuff in your chest was? A magician is strong because he hurts more than others. His wound is his strength.

When you create those characters that people love and care about and put them in a dark hallway, already the audience is on edge, and they feel empathy for that character. Then it's up to me to decide what jumps out in that hallway. So I think laying that foundation of strong characters and strong story is the most important thing in a horror film.

We believe that we can deliver better shareholder value by remaining an independent retailer.

I think I should have made 'Dead Silence' as an independent movie.

It is an interesting law of romance that a truly strong woman will choose a strong man who disagrees with her over a weak one who goes along. Strength demands intelligence, intelligence demands stimulation, and weakness is boring. It is better to find a partner you can contend with for a lifetime than one who accommodates you because he doesn't really care.

My mum Mary was always a bright, confident and fiercely independent lady.

Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions.

A cat can never be well-trained because they're too independent.

I think - for female or male, it is very challenging on the independent scene.

I'm the most independent and conservative Democrat in New York State.

Here's the truth: the Soviet Union had thousands of nuclear weapons, and Iran doesn't have a single one. But when the world was on the brink of nuclear holocaust, Kennedy talked to Khrushchev and he got those missiles out of Cuba. Why shouldn't we have the same courage and the confidence to talk to our enemies? That's what strong countries do, that's what strong presidents do, that's what I'll do when I'm president of the United States of America.

Being independent opens the doors to so many other things for you.

I couldn't sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker.

If everything were permanent, singular, or independent, nothing would change.

I'm from that world where I feel so comfortable making small independent movies.

I once worked as a salesman and was very independent. I took orders from no one.

The person who lets them get you down, any kind of problem, is the person that fades out. So you've got to be strong enough; you don't like it, but you've got to be strong enough to accept what's going on and that you're going to fight it or whatever it takes to overcome this matter. That's the way I feel.

The criminal type is the type of the strong human being under unfavorable circumstances: a strong human being made sick.

I was an independent developer and started Junction Point in January of 2005.

[to a teenage girl] Resolve to be economically independent before you marry anyone.

As the physically weak man can make himself strong by careful and patient training, so the man of weak thoughts can make them strong by exercising himself in right thinking.

...a choice had to be made when your husband said something unkind. Specifically: be cruel, be strong, or sulk. 'Be cruel' by saying an unkind thing back. 'Be strong' by choosing not to mind. But to do this, you have to use up a piece of your love. You have to shave off enough of the love to forgive. After a while, the piece might grow back, but sometimes not. And if you shave off all the soft curves, you'll be left with a sharp-edged love. 'Sulk' by sulking. Sulking is simply delaying the choice to be cruel or strong.

We like being an independent company. We do not need to merge or do anything different.

Yes, England lost to Iceland at Euro 2016 but you need to look at what Iceland had, as well as what England didn't. Maybe Iceland were not technically strong but they looked very strong together and England were not the only ones surprised by them.

Independent thinking is not just helpful in becoming a successful investor, it’s required.

I've always been on the side of fully emancipated women with independent minds.

Based on the name value I had, I went to L.A. and got involved in independent movies.

If Scotland was independent, we'd be the 14th richest country in the developed world.

I am fiercely independent and I probably wouldn't be if it wasn't for the way in which I was brought up.

The judiciary in Burma is not independent. It's widely known, everybody knows that.

I believe that the material doesn’t need to be strong to be used to build a strong structure. The strength of the structure has nothing to do with the strength of the material.

Without a strong cup to carry the emotion, it is only a curiosity. Great art can come to us only in strong cups. Without emotion, there is nothing to carry.

I am an independent girl. I always put my work first in my priority.

Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.

It's very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies.

Originally this was the most important thing about martial arts - to reach a higher level, to become a strong human being. Strong doesn't mean big arms. It means who can be a more strict human being with himself. That is the ideal of martial arts.

There was a lot of dialogue between the people who were developing Flickr and their users to get feedback on how they wanted Flickr to develop. That interaction made the initial community very strong, and then that seed was there for new people who joined to make the community experience strong for them, too.

That's where faith comes in. I've struggled more with being away from her. She keeps me strong. Being away from her means I have to stay in the Word and to stay strong throughout the season.

I feel 100% sure that I have the career that I have today because of independent filmmaking.

Independent booksellers tend to have good taste and big mouths.

'Insidious' is independent. It's like the 'Clerks' of horror films, you know?

Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.

I didn't realize that running as an independent would be perceived as a threat to the Democrats.

I overcame all the casting couches and stood out strongly as an independent woman.