Quotes About Independence

For a single woman preparing for company means wiping the lipstick off the milk carton.

People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman. But an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any force.

Women can do everything men can do the rest.

The economic dependence of women is perhaps the greatest injustice that has been done to us and has worked the greatest injury to the race.

The word 'spinster' tells you everything you need to know about our attitude of women who choose not to marry.

My mom was a source of strength. She showed me by example that women, regardless of how difficult life may get, can do it all.

Perhaps my problem in marriage - and it is the problem of many women - was to want both intimacy and independence. It is a difficult line to walk, yet both needs are important to a marriage.

For many young women, the dream of independence and a home of their own is a tantalising goal, while a lifetime devoted solely to catering for another person's needs would be hard to countenance.

Women are living independently, but we don't yet have the social and economic policies behind us to support that independence.

Most women outlive their spouses. Divorce remains at record rates. It's important for a woman to be able to control her finances.

I want to encourage women to take control of their health.

My beauty icons are women whose images are self-created.

I looked to my mom as an example. And this is what I try to tell so many women: that my mom had a career, and she went to the gym. She took care of herself.

Men find it more difficult than women to be alone. They function better with someone in their lives. Being married, they are rooted, so they feel safe to go and do what they want to do.

Women are not stupid, but they were not clever enough to realise that feminism did not bring freedom, but the opposite. That's why I'm glad feminism is dead.

After centuries of dormancy, young women... can now look toward a future moulded by their own hands.

Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.

What we need is a world full of miracles, like the miracle of seeing the young child seeking work and independence, and manifesting a wealth of enthusiasm and love.

Be an individual, work hard, study, get your mind straight, and trust nobody.

I am a woman's rights. I have as much as any man, and can do as much work as any man. I have plowed and reaped and chopped and mowed, and can any man do more than that?

Work at not needing approval from anyone and you will be free to be who you really are.

I learned from a very young age that no one owes you anything and nobody's gonna give you a damn thing. But you can have anything you want, if you work hard enough for it.

Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians mislead you. Find out what the facts are, and make your own decisions about how to live a happy life and how to work for a better world.