Helen Fielding Quotes

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

To me, being worth it means being independent and carving your own path. The L'Oreal woman is worth it because she wants to be.

Don't depend on a guy for your happiness. You have to live your own life and do your own thing. That's when good things come around - when you do your own thing and you're not worried about a man. It will happen in due time.

All I've ever needed is myself.

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

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

I had always been a free spirit and always gotten what I wanted.

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

Confidence and empowerment are cousins in my opinion. Empowerment comes from within and typically it's stemmed and fostered by self-assurance. To feel empowered is to feel free and that's when people do their best work. You can't fake confidence or empowerment.

I am a leader in my own world. That's enough for me.

Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.

The true woman will not be exponent of another, or allow another to be such for her. She will be her own individual self... Stand or fall by her own individual wisdom and strength.

You alone are enough.

We want everybody to be bossed up.

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.

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

I've never felt like I was living in anyone's shadow. My life was what it was.

I want to empower.

Truth is, I'm stronger on my own.

You're on your own now. You are not helpless. You will find your way.

And there is something great about knowing that my only job is to be as happy as I can be about my life, and feel as good as I can about myself, and to lead as full and eventful a life as I can, so that it doesn’t ever feel like I’m just waiting around for some guy to ask me out. And most importantly, it’s good for us all to remember that we don’t need to scheme and plot and beg to get someone to ask us out. We’re fantastic.

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

The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.