Jewel Quotes

Yes, here I am returning, the woman who bore herself to the bottom and back. Who wanted to swim like dolphins, leaping waves and diving. Who wanted only to belong to herself.

Whereas before I was a young, blonde girl who would do what she was told. I know who I am as a person and I'm getting damn strong.

Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself.

All I've ever needed is myself.

I am a leader in my own world. That's enough for me.

I don't need anyone to validate me.

I don't think I need to prove anything to anybody.

You alone are enough.

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

Next time I'll be braver, I'll be my own savior, Standing on my own two feet.

What I would tell girls coming up is just be yourself and don't let people get in the way.

The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet.

She just wanted to be comfortable in her own skin...But she would not stop to seek others' approval. The notion that she should never seemed to enter her head. Her right to live as she pleased was not up for negotiation, even if it ran against the grain of the milieu at Huntingdon.

Fortunately for me, I'm still evolving into the person I'm supposed to be. And though they don't know it yet, and may not come to accept it, I'm done living by their protocols or anyone else's. I'm the only one who will take credit for my successes. And I'm the only one who will take the blame for my mistakes. From now on, I live for me.

I am in charge. I take my own power back.

I'm finally ready to own my own power, to say, "This is who I am." If you like it, you like it. And if you don't like it, you don't. So watch out; I'm gonna fly.

What, I'm supposed to succumb to your ideal image of what this is? No. I'm gonna stand above that and I'm gonna be who I am and be a rolemodel for these girls.

You don't have to see through the eyes of others, hold onto yours, stand on your own judgment, you know that what is, is–say it aloud, like the holiest of prayers, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

My prayer is: I will be what I will be, I will do what I will do.

No man bosses me around, and no man ever will.

The way we can allow ourselves to do what we need to, no matter what others may say or do, is to choose love and defy fear.

It's a life's journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else.

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

I'm not driven by being understood.

If you are confident in yourself and however you want yourself to be presented, and you're doing well and doing it because you want to do it and not because someone is pressuring you, then more power to you.