Browsing Topic Best Independent Women Quotes

A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it’s in hot water.

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.

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

A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.

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

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

If you are looking for smart judging based on merit, skip the Academy Awards next year and pay attention to the Independent Spirit Awards.

A great actor is independent of the poet, because the supreme essence of feeling does not reside in prose or in verse, but in the accent with which it is delivered.

Become the change you want to see – those are words I live by.

I’ve never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I’m very proud of that.

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.

A Bond girl must be a strong and independent woman, but at the same time charming and sensual. Those opposite qualities combined together make her interesting. She must be strong but at the same time feminine.

Independent women must expect more of themselves, since neither men nor other more conventionally domesticated women will hope for anything, or expect any result other than utter failure.

You could just do independent movies, but I like bigger kind of studio movies, at least some of them.

Apparently I work for free, look at some of the independent films I’ve done.

I crave working on those small independent movies because I love going to see those myself.

Be sure of yourself, don’t let anyone bully you, be a strong and independent woman or boy.

Sometimes you find that there is better material in small and more independent movies. There’s more risk-taking.

I’m inspired by strong, courageous women. My mother is the definition of a self-sufficient, independent woman whom I have always looked up to. I also greatly admire incredible women like Aung San Suu Kyi, and human rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh, who was wrongfully imprisoned for 4 years in Iran, simply for giving a voice to the voiceless and defending the helpless. And I’m in awe of the young Pakistani student and activist, Malala Yousafzai, for her bravery and resilience in the face of brutal repression.

I’ve become a real housewife. Terry doesn’t mind me working, in fact he loves me to be independent. But I only get an allowance of $15 dollars a week, which doesn’t go very far.

We know from science that nothing in the universe exists as an isolated or independent entity.

Man who hates cats is insecure, but a man who likes them is one worth keeping. If he can appreciate a cat, he can appreciate a strong, independent woman.

So most of my acting experience came in college when I was living away from them. I acted in various independent films, and I got some commercial work and stuff like that.

I really wanted to work and become independent.

An attitude of philosophic doubt, of suspended judgment, is repugnant to the natural man. Belief is an independent joy to him.

When you’re single, you’re very independent. Very independent women raised me. We didn’t have a lot of male figures as the head of our household, so I got, and took on, a lot of that strong spirit from the matriarchs in my family.

I’ve always been attracted to independent women, but the idea that someone could be independent and still kind of put herself second at times was pretty interesting.

In my view, Arafat is the only Palestinian in the world that isn’t willing to have an independent Palestinian state.

You have more independent eyes scrutinizing the decision-making and financial statements of companies.

I was always an independent, even when I had partners.

My biggest influences are strong, creative women that chart their own path, lead their own lives and drive the course of history.

I’d like to be wanted for my body, too! As an actor I want to play all different kinds of women – independent women but also very vulnerable women.

Any human being who is becoming independent of conditionings, of religions, scriptures, prophets and messiahs, has arrived home. He has found the treasure which was hidden in his own being.

We are taking challenges and turning them into opportunities by developing homegrown, local energy production to become independent from foreign sources.

I respond to powerful women. I’m not intimidated by that, I like that, it’s not something I shy away from, so I don’t want women who are looking for me to take care of them. To me, that’s a turn-off. I respond to strong, powerful, independent women.