Gary Zukav Quotes

Eartha Mae is very shy. She's scared to be seen, scared of rejection and even afraid of affection. Relationships can be rather uncomfortable for her. But, as Eartha Kitt, it's fine. I can accept and reject any time I want to. Do I ever reject? Not really. Although people think I do!

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.

I am proud of who I am, and nobody's going to steal that.

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

I don't need anyone to validate me.

You alone are enough.

The day women begin to feel good about themselves, they will truly feel empowered, and only they can do that for themselves. It will happen the day we stop seeking validation.

I need to just be Iskra, and I've got to believe in me, or else no one will.

It's very important for females to feel empowered. It took me a long time to find that inside me.

I think I've evolved into someone pretty confident - in myself and in my skin.

When we are angry or depressed in our creativity, we have misplaced our power. We have allowed someone else to determine our worth, and then we are angry at being undervalued.

You're made to feel ugly, and I made ugly beautiful. Just by sheer persistence. Nobody has the right to say that I am ugly, and I will not be a professional victim, you know. Sorry!

You have to be your biggest believer.

I think confidence is a true form of beauty.

You change the world by being yourself.

If you are confident in yourself and however you want yourself to be presented, and you're doing well and doing it because you want to do it and not because someone is pressuring you, then more power to you.

It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.

I am a strong woman with or without this other person, with or without this job, and with or without these tight pants.

I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.

Realizing that we've surrendered our self-esteem to others and choosing to be accountable for our own self-worth would mean absorbing the terrifying fact that we're always vulnerable to pain and loss.

I can't build myself by beating somebody down.

Somebody who's really comfortable with who she is and doesn't care what other people think. I like women who are really strong and were brought up to be comfortable with themselves and respect themselves.

Girl power is about loving yourself and having confidence and strength from within, so even if you're not wearing a sexy outfit, you feel sexy.

Women must learn to find self-worth within themselves, not through others. It is important to carve out a place just for you.

Magazines and opinions of you and stuff like that, those will change, but your opinion of yourself does not have to based on what other people say. So I just learned that my inner voice has to be louder than their outside voice.