Emily Atack Quotes

It took me 36 years to be able to be by myself and like it.

I don't need anyone to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we will ever have is the one with ourselves.

Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself.

For me, the times in my life when I've been single have been more formative and crucial than I could have imagined. I can cope, function and be happy on my own. I'm highly capable. That doesn't mean I don't like being with a partner, or that I don't feel more rounded when I'm with someone. But the times on my own have been so good.

Women must learn to find self-worth within themselves, not through others. It is important to carve out a place just for you.

I've learnt to be happy by myself.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

There's so many nice things about being single; you have yourself really present with you like 100 percent.

When I was married, I wasn't loving myself. Now I'm in love with myself. I will get married again.

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.

You cannot belong to anyone else, until you belong to yourself.

For me, a happy ending is not everything works out just right and there is a big bow, it's more coming to a place where a person has a clear vision of his or her own life in a way that enables them to kind of throw down their crutches and walk.

Most women would not be happy being me. People say, 'But you're alone.' But I don't feel alone. I feel very un-alone.

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

My best friend is me, and I take good care of me.

You've got to love yourself first. You've got to be okay on your own before you can be okay with somebody else.

I think it's very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.

You can't really start living until you can live with yourself.

I better know how to take care of myself.

We try to teach women how to be strong, how to believe in themselves, how to make themselves happy, as opposed to pleasing someone else first.

I was able to start building my confidence and know that I don't need anybody to be happy.

I don't need to be validated by anybody else; I don't need to be accepted or approved of for my happiness.

I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.

If you don't embrace who you are and accept who you are, you won't be able to live a happy life.

I didn't have parents, so I lived in people's homes... And because I grew up with no parental role models, I learned to become my own friend, eventually my own father and my own mother.