Cheryl Burke Quotes

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

I care less if I can't be part of your scene because I am the scene. I am everything that is.

I thought, 'O.K., if I'm a valuable person and an independent entity, then I don't have to worry about what people think of me. I can reach out now.'

Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.

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.

'Sexy' is being independent, being confident and having fun.

I want my girls to be strong and self-sufficient.

I was a girl and became a woman. Something about having the freedom at home to be in the position I wanted, to have the people I wanted, was empowering.

For me, embracing my own power is about embracing my right to be an individual.

Let me do me.

A girl's best friend is her pride.

And I think every woman can be a diva, and every woman can be just a woman. I think life is a runway, and you can do everything you want. If you want.

You have to empower yourself.

I'm going to give it my all, but I'm also going to know my worth, know that I have options, and that's the best feeling in the world.

I can't let anybody tell me what I'm going to be.

I know that I can do myself better than anybody else can.

What I want to represent for my daughters is that you can always stay true to yourself and still be successful.

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

I think that's important for all ages, to not be afraid of being an individual. I grew up on my own, as an only child, so early on I think I was quite capable of making decisions by myself and being an individual.

I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.

I wanted to be an independent woman, a woman who could pay for her bills, a woman who could run her own life - and I became that woman.

I consider myself to be a very strong, independent woman.

I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.

If you have to rely on yourself, you try harder, and when you try harder, you feel bigger.

I grew up with just my mom. She and I were like best friends. She's a very independent woman and I admire that about her. In my life, I've tried to be like that. To be okay with being on my own and being independent.