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
To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's. Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment #Independent Thought #Self Determination #Self Expression
Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim. Nora Ephron #Courage #Empowerment #Self Determination
I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.(Popular misquote of "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.") Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter Inspiration #Be Yourself #Inspirational #Self Determination
The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. Coco Chanel #Courage #Dignity #Empowerment
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves. William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar #Self Determination #Self Responsibility #Timidity
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
You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world...but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices. John Green, The Fault in Our Stars #Satisfaction #Self Determination