It’s not my responsibility to be beautiful. I’m not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me.
When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.
I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer. Keep knocking down walls until someone says ‘yes.’
Life will hit you hard in the face, wait for you to get back up just so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.
Express yourself, don’t repress yourself.
She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.
The wild woman is fluent in the language of dreams, images, passion, and poetry.
You can’t always control the circumstances – only how you react to those circumstances; you can always control your attitude and your effort.
Survival can be summed up in three words – never give up. That’s the heart of it really. Just keep trying.
Life doesn’t reward the naturally clever or strong but those who can learn to fight and work hard and never quit.
I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.
I figure if a girl wants to be a legend, she should go ahead and be one.
Stay strong. Stand up. Have a voice.
I’m proud of myself. I like the way I’m made.
You have to remember that the hard days are what make you stronger. The bad days make you realize what a good day is. If you never had any bad days, you would never have that sense of accomplishment!
I am woman, hear me roar.
Never doubt yourself. Never change who you are. Don’t care what people think and just go for it.
I’m the hero of this story, I don’t need to be saved.
Anytime someone tells me that I can’t do something, I want to do it more.