Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters Quotes

Self-defence helps with your confidence, and if you ever find yourself in that type of situation, you are more physically capable.

I'm working on getting tougher with self-defence classes.

I'm not saying we have power over everything in our lives - if that were true, my hair would look so, so different - but I am saying that there's no circumstance in which we are completely powerless.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.

Every People should have, within themselves, all the Means of Self Defense.

I always believe, as a woman, it's powerful to be able to pull your own body weight and be able to defend yourself.

Girls should empower themselves and be strong enough to protect themselves.

In school and college, there have been instances where I wish I knew how to defend myself.

When you do it yourself, you feel better.

If I'm not happy with what's going on, I try to change it myself.

If I want to put makeup on, then, cool, I'll do that. But it's not going to be my crutch.

I don't let people affect me.

As hard as it is, owning who you are and knowing what you want is the only sure path to affirmation... I want women to know they can get out of any situation if they return to their core source of strength: themselves.

The more we try to control our kids and create who they are and where they're going, the more that will fall apart. That's a dangerous thing. So you need to actually manage the fear and figure out who your kids are. Who do they want to be and how can you help shape that, but not control it.

I have never given others a chance to exploit me.

What gives you real power is when you know your power. And I feel quite powerful.

Modeling now is more about who I am rather than becoming someone else. I'm more brazen with what I do. I feel very comfortable in my shoes. I pick and choose what I want.

The word 'empower' is something that kept coming up in my heart.

It took time for me to step away and become an independent thinker so that wherever I am in the world, I understand who I am and that nothing's impossible.

You have to empower yourself.

Do what you're happy with and not what you think whoever else is going to tell you about you 'acting a color.' You don't act at all. You just do what you think is best.

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.

Who am I to say anybody can't do what they want to do and create their own destiny if they believe in something?

A girl, whether in the industry or out of it, has to protect herself.

It's a very unique feeling - to be that strong and unbreakable. But I'm working towards it.