Donna Rice Quotes

Don't compromise even if it hurts to be yourself.

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

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

My definition of courage is never letting anyone define you.

I have my own strength.

Know your power.

My soul is not for sale.

We aren’t here to be loved.

My only power is my ability to do something with passion and do it well. It's also something someone cannot take way from me, so it's very valuable.

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

You're not going to scare me into being somebody I don't want to be.

I just want people to understand that regardless of what it is that you do - whether you're a teacher, whether you are a doctor, a single mother, a college student, a big sister - that you have strength within you, and I want people to be inspired to walk in their own superhero regardless of what it is that they do.

No one is going to tell me I'm too small to do whatever, to do anything. That's not up to them, and I'll never give anyone that power to say that.

You know yourself what you are worth in your own eyes; and at what price you will sell yourself. For men sell themselves at various prices. This is why, when Florus was deliberating whether he should appear at Nero's shows, taking part in the performance himself, Agrippinus replied, 'Appear by all means.' And when Florus inquired, 'But why do not you appear?' he answered, 'Because I do not even consider the question.'

Self-respect will keep a man from being abject when he is in the power of enemies, and will enable him to feel that he may be in the right when the world is against him.

If it is something that is right for human beings, then I don't care if other people criticize. You cannot please everyone in the world.

I hear them saying, "You'll never change things, and no matter what you do it's still the same thing." But it's not the world that I am changing. I do this so this world will know that it will not change me.

I don't need to be liked.

I think the best thing I could ever teach my daughter is that she's not an object or a trophy, and that she can trust in herself and believe in herself and that you are not your things, and you are not your job.

I don't care what people think or say about me, I know who I am.

I am proud of who I am, and nobody's going to steal that.

Trust in yourself.

I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.

You have enough people against you... be for yourself.

Follow your honest convictions and be strong.