Cher Quotes

My life is not to be somebody else's impact - you know what I mean?

One of mom's greatest acts of generosity was that she trained me to be defiant. Her great gift to me was encouraging me to be the person that I wanted to be, not the one that she and my father wished I was.

I am my own woman.

I'm not jealous of anybody, because I'm going to live my life the way I want to live it. I'm not going to be like, 'Oh my God they have this, I want that.'

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

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

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

Let me do me.

If you live your life on your own terms, you might find that people actually give you more respect.

I think it's empowering for women to be in a relationship or single and have their own independence.

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.

For some women, a man is their whole meal. For me, life is a full meal and a man is just the hot sauce. If a man wants to be my whole meal, I say, 'That's nice, baby, but right now, I'm already full.

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

You need to be your own individual.

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.

I don't think you can really, truly be the partner you want to be until you know on an absolute level that you are a complete person on your own.

I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.

I wanted to be an independent woman, a woman who could pay for her bills, a woman who could run her own life - and I became that woman.

I grew up with just my mom. She and I were like best friends. She's a very independent woman and I admire that about her. In my life, I've tried to be like that. To be okay with being on my own and being independent.

I'm Thalia on my own.

All I've ever needed is myself.

I don't have to be what you want me to be.

I'm just living my life, and I'm not gonna live my life for other people.