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.

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

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

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.

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to a house or farm, but could follow the bent of my genius, which is a very crooked one, every moment.

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

Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.

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

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

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.

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

Sometimes in the black culture, being raised as an independent woman is misconstrued as someone who doesn’t need a man. I think that’s wrong. I think we all need someone.

In every case, the environmental hazards were made known only by independent scientists, who were often bitterly opposed by the corporations responsible for the hazards.

I remember being in Japan when Destiny’s Child put out ‘Independent Women,’ and women there were saying how proud they were to have their own jobs, their own independent thinking, their own goals. It made me feel so good, and I realized that one of my responsibilities was to inspire women in a deeper way.

Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred.

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

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.

In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.

As a political independent, I would gladly vote for any political party dedicated to limited government and entrepreneurship.

Henceforth, we shall be happy to be a free citizen in an independent country.

My theory is, independent movies only work if you’re willing to push the material and do something different.

I have an independent streak. You know, it’s kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.

Adam and Eve – and especially Eve – are victims of the greatest character assassination the world has ever known. Eve is not secondary. Eve, if anything, is the great initiator in the story. She’s the first independent woman. For me, rediscovering that Eve was the greatest bad**s women of all time was a revelation.

I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in the Executive Branch.

I consider myself to be a feminist. My hope and goal is that I’m going to raise two very strong independent women that won’t need anybody, unless they chose that. I want them to be mistresses of their own destiny. But I don’t judge people on the other end of that spectrum either.

With the spread of conformity and image-driven superficiality, the allure of an individuated woman in full possession of herself and her powers will prove irresistible. We were born for plenitude and inner fulfillment.

We are here predominantly to support independent filmmakers and their needs. We are also here to assist people actually in their production, non-commercial people in their production.

We’re comfortable with movie stars having money. We’re comfortable with a woman marrying a rich guy and having money. We’re not so comfortable with a woman independently working in business and making a lot of money.

The data is clear: If you give a woman an opportunity, she will make a huge difference.

It is capitalist America that produced the modern independent woman. Never in history have women had more freedom of choice in regard to dress, behavior, career, and sexual orientation.

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

The simplest and most basic meaning of the symbol of the Goddess is the acknowledgment of the legitimacy of female power as a beneficent and independent power.

I’ve always loved independent women, outspoken women, eccentric women, funny women, flawed women. When someone says about a woman, ‘I’m sorry, that’s just wrong,’ I tend to think she must be doing something right.