Susan Elizabeth Phillips Quotes

I'm sufficiently independent to know that I can live well and comfortably all the rest of my life whether I'm rejected or not.

I don't need to be liked.

I used to think that one of the great signs of security was the ability to just walk away.

I'm not a downtrodden woman. I just won't be.

I have my own strength.

Why would I cry over a boy? I would never waste my tears on a boy. Why waste your tears on someone who makes you cry?

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

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

Unlike a lot of people, I don't need the affirmation or anything.

Confidence is not, 'They will like me'. Confidence instead is, 'I'll be fine if they don't'.

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.

Can't nobody handle me.

I don't need validation from people at all.

I don't allow people's outlook on me dictate what I do in my life and how I live my life.

I'm going to be me regardless of what anyone says.

I always take pride in the fact that nobody can mess with me, and I never let anybody mess with me my entire life.

My mom raised me to be a strong person.

What am I supposed to do, Sit around and wait for you? Well I can't do that, And there's no turning back. I need time to move on, I need love to feel strong. Cause I've got time to think it through, And maybe I'm too good for you!

there are only so many ways to get rejected or ignored. It doesn't hurt at all anymore because why should someone who's a complete stranger have any control over your sense of selfworth?

I won't telephone him. I'll never telephone him again as long as I live. He'll rot in hell, before I'll call him up. You don't have to give me strength, God; I have it myself. If he wanted me, he could get me. He knows where I am. He knows I'm waiting here. He's so sure of me, so sure. I wonder why they hate you, as soon as they are sure of you.

This is the beauty that emerges from self-confidence, class confidence. That says, I am not born to please. I am born to be pleased.

...Hard people are weak people whom nobody wants, and the strong, caring little whether they are wanted or not, have alone that meekness which the common herd mistake for weakness.

Think of many things. Never place your happiness in one person's power. Be just to yourself.

Never go back, never apologize, and never forget we're half the human race.

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.