Quotes About Independence

I want it to resonate: there's no rule for how to live your life. You can do things your own way.

I am very resourceful, as any woman would be.

It's only when you're alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources.

Travel taught me to date differently. I was more respectful of myself. It made me date differently.

When you're you long enough, you get to this space where people start respecting you.

I decided to practice alone because it was a challenge for me to see how much I love tennis. And making sure I was not trying just to respond to other people's expectations and that I really wanted it myself. I realized that I just loved tennis, that it was something extraordinary, that I would really want to do that.

I'm very bad at delegating writing responsibilities, because I've never been able to do it; I've never had any help or looked for any help.

From the time I was very young, I was a professional, making money and assuming responsibilities. I didn't live the life of a child. I was living the life of a 30-year-old.

It's easier to be responsible for the decisions that you've made yourself than for the ones that other people have made for you.

We want to start them thinking that they're responsible for their own career.

I am responsible for no one but myself.

I have started my own restaurant.

It was something I always wanted to do, to own a restaurant, because I love food. But particularly when I first moved to London, because I was on my own - I was single, away from my family, so it seemed very important, to have a place where you could go to meet friends and eat.

I was never restricted. I was never told what to do.

I have accomplished little enough, but such as it is, it is the result of my own efforts.

Really, I'm trying to retire. It's just nobody will let me!

I'd love to retire in terms of not having to go to work anymore and earn a living.

The decision to retire was 100 percent just me, and so you're never sure how you're going to feel.

If, and when, I do eventually decide to retire, the announcement will be made by myself. I feel that I have earned the right to do it myself.

I alone will decide when I'm retiring.

I don't mind going out to do my shows but I can still retreat back into my own private world, you know? And that is very key.

I went from following people to being on my own. Once I was on my own, I watched people start liking me, and I watched people stop liking me. Everything was supposed happen. It was all supposed to reveal itself.

Ad revenue is important, but we want to be self-sustaining.

I don't generally read reviews.