Quotes about Independence

So he bought her a car, only he refuse to show her how to drive it.

One day she say to me, Well, Miss Celie, I believe it time for me to go. When? I ast. Early next month, she say. June. June a good time to go off into the world.

June. June is a good time to go off into the world.

It not my salvation she working for. And if she don't learn she got to face judgment for herself, she won't even have live.

I wish I could be traveling with her, but thank God she able to do it. Sometimes I feel mad at her. Feel like I could scratch her hair right off her head. But then I think, Shug got a right to live too. She got a right to look over the world in whatever company she choose. Just cause I love her don't take away none of her rights.

If there is one thing I have learned in my lifetime of struggle, it is this: freedom isn't free.

Be the one to stand out in the crowd.

You don't need people's approval. You don't need their validation. The Most High God has approved you. He's the one that matters.

Be secure enough in who you are that you don't live to please people. As long as you're doing what God has put in your heart, you don't need to look to the left or the right. Stay focused on your goals, and God will get you where you're supposed to be.

People will try to squeeze you into what they're used to, into what they think. Take advice, listen to counsel, but you may have to disappoint a few people to reach your destiny.

Quit letting how people treat you make you feel inferior. They don't control your destiny. They didn't breathe life into you. They didn't call you. They didn't anoint you. They didn't approve you. Your value came from your Creator, from the God Who spoke worlds into existence.

Be wary of people who play up to your weaknesses as a way to convince you that you need them in your life. They'll try to make you think you're not smart enough on your own. You're not talented enough, and you need them to make up for what you're lacking. Don't believe those lies.