Blake Lively Quotes

Bending over backwards does not bring you the love and attention you crave, but having your own life, your own goals and a backbone will.

I'm not trying to keep anybody happy.

I don't make demands. I don't tell you how it should be. I'll give you options, and it's up to you to select or throw 'em away. That should be the headline: If you're insecure, don't call.

I have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

There's nothing wrong with a little self-possession, there's beauty in taking time for yourself just because you feel like it, and there's nothing wrong with not divulging every secret!

You should know how to take care of yourself. That's one of the things that I got from my mother most - she always said that if you don't take care of yourself, no one will.

I am not the means to any end others may wish to accomplish. I am not a tool for their use. I am not a servant of their needs. I am not a bandage for their wounds, I am not a sacrifice on their altars.

I don't need to be liked.

Why would I care what other people are thinking? I don't care what an audience thinks of me.

There's nothing wrong with wanting a partner and doing the things to have one. To protect ourselves, we have to say, 'I don't need one.'

I never found anyone who could look after me as well as I could look after myself.

If I had to live my life in anticipation of what others thought of me, little would get done.

I no longer need to be someone's wife. I'm doing okay as I am.

Someday, when I manage to finally figure out how to take care of myself, then I'll consider taking care of someone else.

I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.

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

The only person I really believe in is me.

I'm in control of myself. I take yes or no from no one.

I don't have to show anything to anyone. There is nothing to prove.

You should never need a guy to make you feel complete.

I have my own strength.

I trust myself. You need that to survive.

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

I know what I can do so it doesn't bother me what other people think or their opinion on the situation.