Quotes About Independence

I've learned it as I've gotten older, but just really enjoy your own company. Especially as a woman, that's something that's really empowering and powerful to learn. Feel comfortable with yourself.

I used to watch 'Aliens', and I just found Sigourney Weaver's character so empowering.

I'm proud of what I've accomplished and that is empowering.

What should matter is whether I stand for female empowerment, and I don't think there are many women out there who have any doubts about that.

For me, growth and empowerment are about giving a woman a choice.

One of my key issues is economic empowerment.

'Woman Up' is a fun female empowerment song.

I'm really about this women empowerment thing.

I don't want to emulate anyone.

I never help my kids and I never encourage them and I never give them any advice.

I'm not a wallflower, and I encourage girls to live that way.

Dad encouraged us to get jobs. He'd help us get a job if we knew what we wanted.

I put my own money up when I have a vision and believe in something. If you want a company to put money into something, then most of the time, they want to water your project down. When it's your money, it's your vision from the beginning to the end result.

I've lived on my own since 17, and when I found I wasn't working all the time, I ended up starting a small theatre company called Red One Theatre.

Far more than dreading ending up in a care home myself, I dread having to put my husband in one.

I'm not worried about suddenly ending up in a city I don't know.

I don't want anyone's endorsement. If the public likes my work, they will support me.

Work hard and go your own path. You'll make enemies, lose friends, but you'll make even better ones on the way.

I think a lot of women feel pressure to have kids, especially when you get engaged. And for me, I'm like, I don't want that pressure on myself.

I record everything myself, I engineer everything myself.

I'm 60 years old, and I want to enjoy life, and I want to be free to speak for my country.

Now I don't have a coach; I'm just by myself. I'm enjoying this change, and I hope it will help my game.

We are the only authority on what is good for us. Once we see this, we feel an enormous peace and freedom.

You alone are enough.