1. "I Am Not A Bird; And No Net Ensnares Me: I Am A Free Human Being With An Independent Will." – Charlotte Bronte

Here are the top 99 quotes about being independent and happy:

2. “The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.” – Michel de Montaigne

3. “The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been before.” – Alan Ashley-Pitt

4. “You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.” – Brian Tracy

6. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela

7. “The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.” – Carl Jung

8. “The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.” – Oriana Fallaci

10. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

11. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison

12. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

14. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs

15. “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates

16. “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” – Robert Frost

18. “Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs

19. “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” – Albert Einstein

20. “If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything.” – Malcolm X

22. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

23. “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi

24. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” – Steve Jobs

26. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

27. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius

28. “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean

30. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

31. “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde

32. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison

34. “If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough.” – Oprah Winfrey

35. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

36. “If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.” – Sheryl Sandberg

38. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

39. “The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.” – Bruce Lee

40. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke

42. “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare

43. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky

44. “It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln

46. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson

47. “The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra

48. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” – Steve Jobs

50. “The mind is everything. What you think you become.” – Buddha

51. “You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.” – Henry Ford

52. “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

54. “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates

55. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar

56. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” – Steve Jobs

58. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky

59. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

60. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison

62. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney

63. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

64. “The best way to predict the