“Independence is happiness.” – Susan B. Anthony
“Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence.” – Abraham Lincoln
“It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinions; it is easy in solitude to live after your own; but he great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what’s right.” – Brigham Young
“In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.” – Henry Van Dyke
“Independence is chasing your child and realizing for the first time that one day you might not catch her. And that she might not need you to.” – Aidan Donnelley Rowley
So true, and it happens so quickly. Yesterday my daughter and I went to the track at my old HS so she could run with me on my regular run. She took off like a rocket and as hard as I tried, I could not catch up to her. Yes, she only lasted the lap and I did my usual 6 miles but I can see that too will be fleeting. And I wouldn't have it any other way.
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