I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives. Jane Austen, Persuasion #Clichés #Double Standards #Empowerment
How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself? Anaïs Nin #Independence #Women
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 Life #Independence #Pay #Woman
The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. Coco Chanel #Courage #Dignity #Empowerment
I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will. Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre #Character #Empowerment #Flaws
A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away. Ellen Glasgow Success #Independence #Life