Alice Munro Quotes

I try to be feminine, yet intellectual and smart at the same time. You don't see enough of that.

When I got out of my Twenties I stopped playing women that were victims. I like playing women who are strong and have a piece of mind.

Principles are the most important thing to me. One of the things I think my dad taught me was there are people who accept the world they live in and there are people who change the world they live in. I don't accept my circumstances.

Age brings a freedom. When you're young, you're much more subject to the idea of what feminine is or how you should look or how you should behave.

When I was growing up, there was still that narrative of 'you finish school, you go and get married, you become somebody's wife and you get kids and tend to them.' I think it is really important to reach for something.

The best thing we can do is develop our own.

I am a woman, therefore I am a problem solver.

I am a woman. I think I have the spirit, the intelligence, and - dare I say - the soul of a woman.

You don't have to try to get a job and go through set steps before you start a career or start your life. That's what I want young girls to know - you can do anything you want. Just start.

There's a lot of power and responsibility that comes with owning who you are as a woman.

I never wanted to he just a housewife. I was too restless.

I definitely wanted to be a woman and be treated as an adult, I wasn't interested in being young at all.

The older I get the more I become aware that I'm a woman.

Some people think of feminine as just being pretty and quiet and sweet, but I also think being feminine is being angry and also being sexy and aggressive and passionate.

I remember the day Ukraine became independent. I was 20; now I am over 40. It was like one second - time goes so fast. If we wait, the next 20 years will go by. We have a choice to wait or to fight for the better future of our country. I know better than anyone: no fight, no win.

I've learned my tricks. I know what I like. I do not wait around. I initiate. And I'm not all about frequency - I favor intensity.

Seize the moment – don’t wait for anyone to give you permission.

In the beginning, I thought that women needed protection, on a style level, to have the right impact to let them realize their desire for success. Now, many years later, women no longer need a masculine uniform. Women have changed.

It's hard to visualize someone as a leader, if she is always waiting to be told what to do.

The road to success, for me, was a long and arduous journey, strewn with obstacles and traps, pitfalls and hurdles-all created by myself. Painful as it is, I speak of those sad and frustrating times whenever I am invited to address sales gatherings, corporate conventions, and success rallies, in the hope that my personal experiences will serve as sufficient evidence for all who hear me that they have it in their own power to make their lives as glorious or as terrible as they choose.

Do not wait for anybody or anything. Do whatever you can. Build your hope on none.

One of the biggest mistakes girls can make concerning their romantic life is sitting around waiting for their prince to find them, rather than getting out there and finding him themselves.

The roles that I am attracted to are women who try to do something about their lives, and not a woman who waits for some circumstance or man to come rescue her. I have no interest in that.

She was afraid, but she couldn't just sit around waiting for someone to save her. She had to try to save herself, try to figure it out.

Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.