<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Independence - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[He who binds himself to a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20740]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who binds himself to a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sunrise]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing -- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20741]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing -- that's the Lord's test.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Independence is essential for permanent but fatal to immediate success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Independence is essential for permanent but fatal to immediate success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy spirit, Independence, let me share! Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye,  Thy steps I follow with my bosom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy spirit, Independence, let me share! Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye,  Thy steps I follow with my bosom bare,   Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . but while I breathe Heaven's air, and Heaven looks down on me,  And smiles at my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20734]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . but while I breathe Heaven's air, and Heaven looks down on me,  And smiles at my best meanings, I remain   Mistress of mine own self and mine own soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hail! Independence, hail! Heaven's next best gift, To that of life and an immortal soul! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20735]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hail! Independence, hail! Heaven's next best gift, To that of life and an immortal soul!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Injustice in the end produces independence. [Fr., L'injustice a la fin produit l'independance.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Injustice in the end produces independence. [Fr., L'injustice a la fin produit l'independance.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Independence now: and Independence forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Independence now: and Independence forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20738]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The price for independence is often isolation and solitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20739]]></link><description><![CDATA[The price for independence is often isolation and solitude.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is the Cat that walks by himself, and all places are alike to him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20726]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is the Cat that walks by himself, and all places are alike to him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine: Every man for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20727]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine: Every man for himself and God for us all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All we ask is to be let alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20728]]></link><description><![CDATA[All we ask is to be let alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole trouble is that we won't let God help us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20729]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole trouble is that we won't let God help us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Voyager upon life's sea:-- To yourself be true,  And whate'er you lot may be,   Paddle your own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Voyager upon life's sea:-- To yourself be true,  And whate'er you lot may be,   Paddle your own canoe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll never Be such a gosling to obey instinct, but stand  As is a man were author of himself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20731]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll never Be such a gosling to obey instinct, but stand  As is a man were author of himself   And knew no other kin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can look into the seeds of time And say which grain will grow and which will not,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20732]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can look into the seeds of time And say which grain will grow and which will not,  Speak then to me, who neither beg nor fear   Your favors nor your hate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20719]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solitude is independence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Solitude is independence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[for those who would joyously march in rank and file, they have already earned my contempt, for they were given ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20721]]></link><description><![CDATA[for those who would joyously march in rank and file, they have already earned my contempt, for they were given a large brain by accident when a spinal chord would have sufficed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20722]]></link><description><![CDATA[I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joel, I'm not a concept. I want you to just keep that in your head. Too many guys think I'm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20723]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joel, I'm not a concept. I want you to just keep that in your head. Too many guys think I'm a concept or I complete them or I'm going to make them alive, but I'm just a fucked-up girl who is looking for my own peace of mind. Don't assign me yours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20724]]></link><description><![CDATA[True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20725]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to do it yourself, no one else will do it for you. You must work out your own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20718]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to do it yourself, no one else will do it for you. You must work out your own salvation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do this real moron thing, it's called thinking, and I'm not a very good Amercian because I like to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16652]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do this real moron thing, it's called thinking, and I'm not a very good Amercian because I like to form my own opionions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2411]]></link><description><![CDATA[When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness--That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive to these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such Principles and and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. . . .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2411</guid></item></channel></rss>