If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking. Lyndon Baines Johnson

• independence

You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence. Abraham Lincoln

• courage
• character
• self improvement
• independence

This country [America] was not built by men who relied on somebody else to take care of them. It was built by men who relied on themselves, who dared to shape their own lives, who had enough courage to blaze new trails - enough confidence in themselves to take the necessary risks. J. Ollie Edmunds

• confidence
• Americans
• America
• independence
• risk
• self reliance
• initiative
• chance

Be yourself and think for yourself; and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the conclusions forced on you by those who have a personal interest in keeping you in ignorance. Elbert Hubbard

• thought
• independence
• uniqueness

Whether we are aware of it or not, whether we are in control of it or not, there is a first creation to every part of our lives. We are either the second creation of our own proactive design, or we are the second creation of other people's agendas, of circumstances, or of past habits. Stephen Covey

• habit
• independence

This is the source.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. Mark Twain

• independence
• uniqueness