Neena Gupta Quotes

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

For me, growth and empowerment are about giving a woman a choice.

I've never felt the need to be defined by a man.

All girls know that they can be anything now. That transformation is to me one of the most satisfying things.

I always had that yearning, that hunger, to one day be independent and be my own person and build my own world. The most fulfilling thing is to live a life where you have freedom.

I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves.

Let us first obtain ourselves…Give us ourselves and all that belongs to us will follow.

I don't belong to anyone else but myself. I have to make my own decisions. Happiness is defined by me.

I know what I need. I don't want people to tell me what I need.

I'm not doing anything for anybody. I'm doing what I do.

Nobody can stop me from being what I want to be.

You do not start by working on society; you start by yourself to be a freer person and a more independent person.

Independence is doing what you want to do, knowing that you're happy with the decisions you're making and that it's the best for you.

I know what is best for me.

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.

Once you start carrying your own suitcase, paying your own bills, running your own show, you've done something to yourself that makes you one of those women men like to call 'a pal' and 'a good sport,' the kind of woman they tell their troubles to. But you've cut yourself off from the orchids and the diamond bracelets, except those you buy yourself.

The natural ambition of woman is through marriage to climb up, leaning upon a man; but those days are gone. You shall be great without the help of any man, just as you are.

One must measure and conduct one's life on its own terms.

I think I have enough of a sense to know what works for me and what doesn't, without going into some big thing and analyzing what I do. I'm in a position that allows me to do what I want to do, and I do it.

Even though I wasn't sure I could make it as an indie, almost immediately I felt as if a weight had been lifted off me. To be as independent as I am and to be able to support myself is incredibly satisfying. Everything I want to do myself, I can.

Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.

What people say isn't going to stop me. I have to do things for myself.

I'm responsible for what I am and what I want to be. I'm not trying to live by another's standards.

I'm trying to do it my way. For me to be happy in the business means I have to do it myself.

I want to be an integrated woman.