Hilary Mantel Quotes

The more you trust your intuition, the more empowered you become, the stronger you become, and the happier you become.

You can't let your personal disposition be dictated by the world around you.

When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.

Confidence is its own security.

There is no security for those who seek it outside of themselves.

I'll trust myself, myself shall be my friend.

My goal was to be able to be alone without food, sugar, phone, men, TV, anything and to feel O.K. about myself.

I'm just a human being that is in touch with myself. And I'm honest with myself. And I really, at the end of the day, don't care what people say. I never cared about what people say.

All I'm gonna do is just go on and do what I feel.

I'm good where I am at this moment.

Today I trust my instinct, I trust myself. Finally.

Trust your gut. You know yourself, so don't let somebody else tell you who you are.

I'm at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.

You have to have confidence. You can't be someone who's so insecure that she's a basket case.

I put less stock in others' opinions than my own. No one else's opinions could derail me.

Whatever dramas are going on in my life, I always find that place inside my head where I see myself as the cleanest, tallest, strongest, wisest person that I can be.

I also learned to be more confident, to trust my instincts more.

A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself.

I just refuse to worry or get upset or be fearful. It doesn't do one particle of good.

There's this idea that, 'All I have at the end of the day is my mind.' That's the only thing you can control. I believe that.

Anything that needs to be accessed is within me. Even if it's in a circumstance that seems outrageous, I can still just go back to the basic human experience and it's all there.

Most things come from inside; they're intuitive. That's the way I am.

I never allowed other people's expectations to determine whatever course I took. I had to reach a decision about what I was going to do based on what I felt inside myself.

I've learned to go with your instincts. To go with your strengths and believe in yourself.

When I wake up in the morning, I'm not worried about nobody. When I go to work, I'm not worried. That's not me trying to say how tough I am, but that's just what it is. I have no fear.