Quotes About Independence

I truly believe that women should be financially independent from their men. And let's face it, money gives men the power to run the show. It gives men the power to define value. They define what's sexy. And men define what's feminine. It's ridiculous.

I think older women still have a full life.

I like women who have their own idea of life: the woman who is assured, comfortable with herself, strong inside, proud of herself - not in an arrogant way, not showing off.

If women feel they are able to go from partner to partner without feeling emotionally invested and ultimately hurt, they should go for it.

I certainly don't think of my life as a fairy tale. I think of myself as a modern, contemporary woman who has had to deal with all kinds of problems that many women today have to deal with.

What counts the most for women is having the confidence to make your own money.

We live in an era of globalization and the era of the woman. Never in the history of the world have women been more in control of their destiny.

Marriage, to women as to men, must be a luxury, not a necessity; an incident of life, not all of it.

I have made it possible for many colored women to abandon the washtub for a more pleasant and profitable occupation.

Nothing changes the gender equation more significantly than women's economic freedom.

I don't know if I'm a feminist, but I just know that I am all for outspoken, powerful women.

People appreciate a confident man. They love a strong man, and when it comes to a woman, I don't know if people just expect women not to speak up for themselves or be weak or just always be the follow-behind, but I'm proud that I'm in a generation of leaders. I'm proud that I'm surrounded by very strong women.

My family's full of wild women.

Why don't men like to stop and ask directions? This question, which I first addressed in my 1990 book 'You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation', garnered perhaps the most attention of any issue or insight in that book.

I must recall with gratitude those 178 Jewish women and men who participated in the Estonian War of Independence. Both of our nations know what it means to keep your identity and freedom even under the pressure of foreign powers, and we can be proud of their achievements.

Women are capable of doing so many things these days, physically, emotionally, within relationships and career. There are so many things that women have evolved into and I feel really proud about where women are right now.

My mother never made me do anything for my brothers, like serve them. I think that's an important lesson, especially for the Latino culture, because the women are expected to be the ones that serve and cook and whatever. Not in our family. Everybody was equal.

People ask me why I write strong women, and I say, 'Well, I don't like stupid ones.' Who would want to read about weak and whiny women? Are they people who assume women are weak and whiny? If so, why do they think that?

Women are no longer just born to be married. We are here to compete with everyone and make a place for ourselves under the sun on our own.

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.

Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves.

The gods help them that help themselves.

The best form of customer service is self service. Constantly empower customers to get their own answers themselves.

I don't believe in politics. I'm an anarchist, I guess you could say. I think people could be just fine looking after themselves.