Sinead O'Connor Quotes

We have to learn to stand up for our interests. To seek purity is self-defeating and a stereotype in itself: women have to be pure, women are not concerned about money.

The feminist movement taught women to see themselves as victims of an oppressive patriarchy. ... Self-imposed victimhood is not a recipe for happiness.

I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, 'Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.' I wish I could tell that to my daughter. But it's not that simple.

As a woman, you feel that you shouldn't want to better yourself against others. Ambition has become such an ugly word, hasn't it?

Be brave and be fearless, and for God's sake, stand up for yourself.

You should always stand up for yourself.

All I know is that it is important to stand up for ourselves, no matter how inconvenient the reality is.

You always have to stand up for yourself.

We should be teaching young girls to take up space. Nothing is as important as taking up space in society and cementing yourself.

You just have to be able to stand up for yourself. And that's OK.

I can stand up for myself.

Now as before, women must refuse to be meek and guileful, for truth cannot be served by dissimulation. Women who fancy that they manipulate the world by pussy power and gentle cajolery are fools. It is slavery to have to adopt such tactics.

Ambition is not a four-letter word and women have to embrace that.

We are too ready (women especially) not to stand by what we have said or done.

Never be bullied into silence.

We need to get women to the point where they aren't apologizing. Its time to take ownership in our success.

There's a lot of power in the word 'no,' and a lot of people, like myself, need to know that.

I guess just personally I've become a bolder person in my day-to-day. I think a lot of it came from moving to Brooklyn. I just sort of became an adult and started speaking up for myself and not apologising for myself.

But most important of all, she explained that it was all right to say 'No. I disagree.' that was a gift. I understood it was power. The power to think my own thoughts. The power to believe in myself.

We hold ourselves back in ways both big and small, by lacking self-confidence, by not raising our hands, and by pulling back when we should be leaning in.

I think women are scared of feeling powerful and strong and brave sometimes.

I've always felt that if you're not on your side, why should anyone else be. So I always encourage people to be confident, and sometime even a little falsely so, just so you can give yourself an opportunity.

I said, I'm going to stand up and somebody is going to pay attention to me.

I speak up for myself. I claim my power now.

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