Robert Covington Quotes

Confidence and empowerment are cousins in my opinion. Empowerment comes from within and typically it's stemmed and fostered by self-assurance. To feel empowered is to feel free and that's when people do their best work. You can't fake confidence or empowerment.

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.

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

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

I guess my personality is that of a modern, strong Chinese woman. I don't believe in destiny. There are many things that can be changed. I don't like to be defeated by difficulties. I love freedom, so when I am shaping a character, I usually do it the way I want. I always find some part of my own character in a role.

I was a girl and became a woman. Something about having the freedom at home to be in the position I wanted, to have the people I wanted, was empowering.

I am who I am. I do what I do.

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.

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

I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.

If you have to rely on yourself, you try harder, and when you try harder, you feel bigger.

All I've ever needed is myself.

One of mom's greatest acts of generosity was that she trained me to be defiant. Her great gift to me was encouraging me to be the person that I wanted to be, not the one that she and my father wished I was.

I'm not driven by being understood.

I sleep at night; I do not think about anything. I put everything in my bag and go to sleep. Whatever you can do to me, it does not affect me. I started my life, my own life. I did not inherit it.

I am my own woman.

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

It's what I tell my daughters: Know that your birthright is to shine your light, and don't let anybody deny you of that right. Take responsibility for your life.

I am a strong woman with or without this other person, with or without this job, and with or without these tight pants.

Even if it's not what you planned, you can make a life for yourself on your own and be happy.

My plan growing up was to leave home and try not to panic. I always knew that to strive to be self-sufficient was an important ambition.

I had always been a free spirit and always gotten what I wanted.

Maybe other people will try to limit me but I don't limit myself.

I care less if I can't be part of your scene because I am the scene. I am everything that is.

I don't need anybody to tell me how to be alive.