William Booth Quotes

I just can't see myself as a trophy wife. I can't imagine not having my own life.

We need to encourage young women to find what they love to do. That is a very valuable pursuit - more so than the pursuit of a boyfriend. When you have that core, you bring that core to every aspect of your life.

I just don't want to be the little wife sitting at home. I want to do something worthwhile.

I used to think I needed a man to define myself. Not any more.

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

I want an identity outside of my work.

I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.

I advise women to live their life to their fullest, invest in who you want to be and live it well.

I made my own assessment of my life, and I began to live it. That was freedom.

My family advocates doing what fulfills your soul. They've always said, 'You're a big girl; figure it out on your own.'

I'm completely ecstatic when a woman has own back story and brings something to the table and has a real strong kind of independence.

It's not necessary, in order to be a complete person, that I have a man. It's not the end-all, be-all of my life.

If you're a caretaker, who are you when there's no one else to take care of?

When you don't have children you have to define and make your own purpose, and make your own reason for being here.

Hot Lips changed a lot in eleven years. Initially, Margaret Houlihan behaved as though a man were the only thing that could complete her life, and she didn't see what richness her life contained. She gained a lot of self-esteem through the years, and she came to realize that what she did, what she offered, was valuable.

My mother was in the kind of late-'60s, early-'70s origins of female emancipation. And she was very much like, 'You're not going to be defined by how you look. It's going to be about who you are and what you do.'

I define myself.

I would love to see every woman feel that she knows who she is and how she wants to lead. Every part of me is passionate about having the ability to do what I never could do when I was young.

'DWTS' really made me feel confident, and has given me a lot of just self-worth within myself and realizing that I don't need a man to be successful and that I could do a lot on my own, and have my own voice and have my own opinion.

You figure out what you value in this life, and then you go for it. For me, it was freedom.

The gratifying part of my journey is no one calls me a star child or a superstar's wife anymore. I think I have grown beyond that and have my own identity.

I don't want to get married - I've been there and done that. So I know what I'm talking about when I say that. And for everybody has a different path - find out your path! And if you want to do it, don't let people make you feel inadequate because you wanted to do something that's different.

I'm going to do anything in my power to keep creating the path that I want to go down and I want to be a part of and be involved with, and whether or not that means superstardom or making music for the rest of my life and not having to work at a coffee shop, I'm fine. I'm happy. I'm stoked for whatever opportunity arises.

Women are super-dynamic. I can be whatever I want to be. I can have interests in so many different kinds of things.