Lauren Kate Quotes

Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons.

For me, the times in my life when I've been single have been more formative and crucial than I could have imagined. I can cope, function and be happy on my own. I'm highly capable. That doesn't mean I don't like being with a partner, or that I don't feel more rounded when I'm with someone. But the times on my own have been so good.

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

Maturity includes the recognition that no one is going to see anything in us that we don't see in ourselves. Stop waiting for a producer. Produce yourself.

You have to empower yourself.

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

But I've never felt objectified. Nothing you see me do is an accident.

I don't believe I am influencing anybody but myself.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

I don't need anyone to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we will ever have is the one with ourselves.

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

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.

The National Youth Theatre did one very simple but incredible thing for me: it made me realise I had choices.

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.

I hope my books empower kids, and that they learn how to work out their problems themselves.

Our aim is to help the clients help themselves, not to tell them what to think.

Maturity and experience are part of my liberation.

In America we tell our parents to bring their child home and put him or her in a crib; as they get older, children sleep in they own room not in Mom and Dad's room. What are we training them for? It's independence, because that's what being empowered is all about.

For me, self-esteem-building and confidence-building is the foundation for anything that we do, whether you want to be a writer, a painter, or a entrepreneur.

I don't think anyone has made me except myself. I think I have done it on my own.

Hero shows you how to solve the problem - yourself.

Education liberates a woman.

Don't let anyone try to tell you who you are. Define yourself.

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.

I came to love, I came into my own.