Quotes About Independence

I want to feel like I can take care of myself.

I want a partner in crime and a Bonnie to my Clyde. I've just been so focused on my career. Women don't like being number two, so I've been glad to keep my distance so I could focus on me, get my life together and take care of my mom without disappointing the woman I love.

It's an old anarchist dream that people can take care of their own lives.

That's my parenting style - 'Go watch the TV.' I'm one of 11 children, and my mother's parenting style was, 'There's the TV. Go watch it. Mommy's got 10 other people to take care of.'

I've always been very independent; I take care of myself.

I am responsible for me. I can kind of take care of what I need to do and should do what I like to do.

I have some regrets that I might have hurt men in my life. But they can take care of themselves.

Women should always take care of themselves first. It makes you more equipped to take care of others.

I've aged well because I've had to take care of myself.

I was out of the house at 16 by my own doing. It forced me to really grow up and take care of myself, and I learned a lot of things that your parents usually teach you, on my own.

My father always told me, 'Before you become a queen, you have to learn how to take care of your own things.' So I knew how to do all of it, but I had never really done it on a daily basis. So I was cleaning houses, and I started working restaurants.

One thing I think kids need to do is more chores, and take care of their own rooms. Responsibilities are really important to start them with. If they have animals, they have to feed them and care for them. That's the only way I think I could do it.

No babies for me until I'm in my 30s! I'm focused on my career right now. I can't even take care of my dog.

I feel like I had to learn how to take care of myself and find out what made me happy aside from just making films.

Real power is being able to take care of yourself. My job is to make art, but I aspire to do more than that.

I'm grateful I've got my mind. I can take care of my own business.

Never count on the crowd to take care of you.

I think one of the defining moments of adulthood is the realization that nobody's going to take care of you. That you have to do the heavy lifting while you're here. And when you don't, well, you suffer the consequences.

There was a friend of ours who worked with a girl who had said she would consider being a surrogate. We met her and right away she was awesome. We were looking for someone who could take care of themselves and it was pretty clear she could.

I believe the reason for my early independence is sport, through which I learnt at an early stage to take care of myself and be disciplined.

I've learnt to take care of myself.

If you're a caretaker, who are you when there's no one else to take care of?

When I think of myself at 15, even 17, I could simply not have done this work on an international level and travel all the time, take care of myself and not feel lost. I feel very happy that this is happening now, and not 10 years ago, as I feel stronger as a person.

When I was running 'round in America, about 30 years old, I didn't want no woman. I knowed I could make enough money to take care of myself, but I didn't want nobody to take care of.