Being Independent Woman Quotes:

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

- Alice Walker

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Maintaining Peace, Personal Power

It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.... Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less

- Susan B. Anthony

topic: Strong Women, Equality, White, Women Equality, Strong Independent Women

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

- Coco Chanel

topic: Strength, Inspiring, Fashion, Self Determination, Empowering Women

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

- Oscar Wilde

source: Oscar Wilde (2016). “Aphorisms”, p.3, Oscar Wilde

topic: Love, Funny, Sarcastic, Strong Women And Love, Women Empowering Women

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

- Ayn Rand

source: "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Change, Empowering Women, Try Again

Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.

- Nora Ephron

source: FaceBook post by Nora Ephron from Jun 26, 2012

topic: Life, Inspiring, Encouraging, Self Determination, Powerful Women

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

- Oprah Winfrey

topic: Positive, Happiness, Success, Empowering Women, Inspirational Feminist

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

- Joseph Conrad

topic: Funny, Hilarious, Women, International Women's Day, Sexy Women

I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

- Mary Wollstonecraft

source: "The original suffragette: the extraordinary Mary Wollstonecraft" by Bee Rowlatt, www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2015.

topic: Women, Men, Wish, Women Equality, Equal Rights

Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.

- Ruth Gordon

topic: Inspirational, Women, Use, I Am Strong, Powerful Women

A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

topic: Inspirational, Funny, Inspiring, Empowering Women, Inspirational Strong Women

Be that strong girl that everyone knew would make it through the worst, be that fearless girl, the one who would dare to do anything, be that independent girl who didn’t need a man; be that girl who never backed down.

- Taylor Swift

topic: Girl, Stay Strong, Strong Women, That Girl, Just Stay Strong

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

- Maya Angelou

topic: Encounters, May, Overcoming, Make People Feel Better, Perserverance

Jane, be still; don't struggle so like a wild, frantic bird, that is rending its own plumage in its desperation." "I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you.

- Charlotte Bronte

source: Charlotte Bronte (2004). “Jane Eyre”, p.130, Variocity

topic: Struggle, Independent, Bird, Self Determination, Strong Independent Women

Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.

- Elizabeth Gilbert

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Strength, Wishbones, Kickass Women

Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, 'She doesn't have what it takes'; They will say, 'Women don't have what it takes.'

- Clare Boothe Luce

topic: Inspirational, Women, Bad Ass, Female Empowerment, Strong Independent

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.

- Jane Austen

topic: Courage, Women, Empowerment, Pride And Prejudice Book, Pride And Prejudice Pride

I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I've just done what I damn well wanted to, and I've made enough money to support myself, and ain't afraid of being alone

- Katharine Hepburn

topic: Independent, Men, Support, International Women's Day, Strong Independent Women

I'm single because I was born that way.

- Mae West

topic: Sarcastic, Witty, Freedom, Singles, Singleness

I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must not, for whatever reason, turn his back on life." Another "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

source: Quoted in Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Ind.), 7 June 1941 See Channing 1

topic: Strong Women, Empowering, Curiosity, Strong Independent Women, Kept Woman

Growing up with three older brothers and being the youngest and the only girl, my mom always made me tough. She's taught me over the years how to be a strong, independent woman, how to carry yourself in a positive way and anything that my brothers can do, I can do.

- Diana Lopez

topic: Girl, Mom, Strong, Older Brother, Strong Independent

A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.

- Melinda Gates

topic: Strong Women, Voice, Definitions, Female Empowerment, Women Equality

As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.

- John Lennon

topic: Inspirational, Funny, Life, Housework, Behind Every Great Man

Whatever women do, they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.

- Charlotte Whitton

source: Canada Month, June 1963. A later satirical version of this saying added to the end "Luckily, this is not difficult" (Paul Dickson, The Official Rules [1978]). See Eleanor Roosevelt 2

topic: Funny, Hilarious, Strong Women, Female Empowerment, Successful Women

I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.

- Dido Armstrong

topic: Strong, Independent, Honest, Strong Independent, Strong Independent Women

Strong women wear their pain like stilettos. No matter how much it hurts, all you see is the beauty of it.

- Harriet Morgan

topic: Strong Women, Hurt, Pain, Strong Independent, Stilettos

Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants.

- Coco Chanel

topic: Motivational, Mother, Fashion, I Am Strong, Inspirational Feminist

How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.

- Anais Nin

topic: Being Alone, Men, World, Single Girl, Women Want

I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.

- Susan B. Anthony

topic: Inspiring, Girl, Strong Women, Independence Of Thought, Women's Suffrage

I wanted to be an independent woman, a woman who could pay for her bills, a woman who could run her own life - and I became that woman.

- Diane von Furstenberg

topic: Running, Badass, Independent, Being Independent Woman

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

- Henri Frederic Amiel

source: "Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri Frédéric Amiel". Book by Henri Frederic Amiel, Macmillan, transl. by Humphry Ward, 1893.

topic: Independent Women, Intelligent, Wish, Being Independent Woman

A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.

- Coco Chanel

topic: Beauty, Girl, Fashion, My Girl, That Girl

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

- Helen Keller

source: Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

topic: Inspirational, Life, Perseverance, Empowering Women, Miracle Of Life

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

- Margaret Thatcher

topic: Country, Running, Strong Women, Female Empowerment, Powerful Women

One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.

- Simone de Beauvoir

source: Simone de Beauvoir (1953). “The second sex”, Vintage

topic: Age, Born, Male Privilege, Female Empowerment, Inspirational Strong Women

I think men are afraid to be with a successful woman, because we are terribly strong, we know what we want and we are not fragile enough.

- Shirley Bassey

topic: Strong, Independent, Successful, Successful Women, Strong Independent

I have more of a desire to write songs about being an independent woman than being in love, songs about getting up and moving on even if I have a broken heart.

- Katerina Graham

source: "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

topic: Broken Heart, Song, Moving, Being Independent Woman

We ought to have more women in various management positions, because women are the ones who decide almost everything in the home

- Ingvar Kamprad

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Home, Independent, Management, Flashy Cars, Being Independent Woman

It is capitalist America that produced the modern independent woman.

- Camille Paglia

topic: Independent, America, Politics, Freedom Of Choice, Orientation

We ask justice, we ask equality, we ask that all the civil and political rights that belong to citizens of the United States, be guaranteed to us and our daughters forever.

- Susan B. Anthony

topic: Inspiring, Daughter, Strong Women, Female Empowerment, Strong Independent

I grew up with just my mom. She and I were like best friends. She's a very independent woman and I admire that about her. In my life, I've tried to be like that. To be okay with being on my own and being independent.

- Emma Roberts

topic: Mom, Independent, Grew Up, Being Independent Woman

In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

topic: Girly, Morning, Motivation, Womans Day, Cultural Barriers

You move totally away from reality when you believe that there is a legitimate reason to suffer".

- Byron Katie

topic: Strength, Being Strong, Spiritual, Katie, Strong Independent

Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

source: "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

topic: Life, Motivational, Strength, Just Living Life, Inspirational History

Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression.

- Margaret Sanger

source: Margaret Sanger (2005). “Woman and the New Race”, p.99, Cosimo, Inc.

topic: Strong Women, Courage, Struggle, Female Empowerment, Powerful Women

It's important to be driven and have goals. You want an independent woman who knows what she wants and isn't afraid to go after it. It's attractive to me when a woman is doing what she loves. It makes me want to know more.

- Apolo Ohno

topic: Independent, Goal, Important, Being Independent Woman

I will not be "famous," "great." I will go on adventuring, changing, opening my mind and my eyes, refusing to be stamped and stereotyped. The thing is to free one's self: to let it find its dimensions, not be impeded.

- Virginia Woolf

topic: Eye, Independent Women, Self, Strong Independent Women, Adventuring

There was a time when men thought it was sexy to have a housewife waiting for him to come home from work in her slippers, but in modern society, I think an independent woman is even more sexy.

- Katerina Graham

source: "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

topic: Sexy, Women, Independent, Modern Society, Being Independent Woman

I have a lot of sides to my personality and what you see on 'The Hills' is a strong, independent woman, which I am. But I also have a sensitive side that I don't show too much.

- Kristin Cavallari

topic: Strong, Independent, Personality, Strong Independent, Strong Independent Women