Walt Whitman Quotes

I sleep at night; I do not think about anything. I put everything in my bag and go to sleep. Whatever you can do to me, it does not affect me. I started my life, my own life. I did not inherit it.

Nobody can stop me from being what I want to be.

I wasn't going to let anything control me.

I'm grateful I've got my mind. I can take care of my own business.

My mom raised me to never have anything control me.

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

I'm not driven by being understood.

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

I'm not someone who feels the pressure of someone else's expectations. That's a very young way to feel.

I don't have anything to prove anymore. I don't have a record deal, no one has any expectations, I'm in a position of freedom. I don't need anyone's approval.

I don't need anybody to tell me how to be alive.

I like strength. I depend on my own.

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.

The world can only be free when men are content in themselves and each draws from his own fountain.

Greeks have always been very confident, very strong people. That is - that is our real, I guess, benefit, is that we are independent thinkers. We will always get up on our feet. We - we sometimes act the best when we are downtrodden.

The song 'Wolf Eyes,' I wrote because I felt like I was such a kitten. I want to be more of a wolf. I want to be stronger and more independent. I sort of wrote the song for that.

I am myne owene woman, wel at ese

I thought I was weak and couldn't be on my own. But actually, I can do it; I just need to be a bit braver.

I basically built myself up and I'm not about to let somebody else tear me down.

Nobody will believe in you but yourself, so you have to be on your own side.

At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter what other people think. You're out there running your own race and you want to run everybody as clean as possible.

I have stood on my own feet.

I don't worry about other people, and I don't let them influence me too much. I try to find out what I want to do and not what other people want me to do.

I take pleasure in discovering resourcefulness inside me.

I was raised to be independent.