Virginia Woolf Quotes

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?

I don't have to prove anything.

You have to empower yourself.

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.

We must believe in ourselves or no one will believe in us.

I learned that I had to believe in myself and not just to be comfortable with the opinions of others. I'm just more in control; I finalize everything.

Then it dawned on me that no one else was going to believe in me until I believed in myself.

I used to think I needed a man to define myself. Not any more.

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.

It's interesting when you've been a partner with someone for so long. So now to sing solo and starting all over again I am learning that I am more bodacious than I thought. I don't know where it's coming from but I am glad.

Trust in yourself.

I wanted to be an independent woman, a woman who could pay for her bills, a woman who could run her own life - and I became that woman.

Ali's belief in himself was something I picked up on, and it's become my own philosophy.

Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.

Grow up and let anyone try to contend with the adult you.

I have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.

You have to believe in yourself before anybody else believes in you.

I know I've got to learn to believe in myself.

I don't have anything to prove to anybody, which is a lovely place to be.

The older I get, the more I'm starting to believe in myself.

You have to believe in yourself.

There are no makeovers in my books. The ugly duckling does not become a beautiful swan. She becomes a confident duck able to take charge of her own life and problems.

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

Somebody who's really comfortable with who she is and doesn't care what other people think. I like women who are really strong and were brought up to be comfortable with themselves and respect themselves.

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