Shirley Manson Quotes

I'm the hero of this story, I don't need to be saved

I'm just totally into being strong. There's something about wanting to get a jar or whatever out of a high cupboard, or moving a sofa over because my dog's bone rolled under it, and not having to call anyone for help. There's comfort in that.

One thing I've learned in life is that I can speak for myself, that I can fight my own battles. I don't like anyone telling me how I'm supposed to feel or think or what I'm supposed to say.

I need to not be scared of not having someone there to back me up. I just need to tackle things on my own. I feel like I have the power in me to make it work.

At a really young age, I decided I was never going to feel helpless, I was never going to feel weak around a man, and I was never going to rely on anyone.

If you're a strong female, you don't need permission.

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.

We're all grown women now; if we wanna do something, we can't be stopped!

I'm not a downtrodden woman. I just won't be.

People ask me how I manage without a man in the same tone they might ask someone how they're doing with just one lung, but it's not like that at all.

A lot of women are afraid of loneliness, so when they see a woman who can live alone, then they think, 'Hmm, I can do that.' But you need an example, and that is why I am proud to say I have divorced three husbands.

I have my own strength.

Freedom comes from strength and self-reliance.

The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But I'm the pie and my pie is good all by itself. Even if I don't have a cherry.

I like strength. I depend on my own.

I've never been the wilting flower. I've never been the girl who's subservient to a man.

I am as independent as I want to be, same as Catherine and Harry. We've all grown up differently to other generations and I very much feel if that I can do it myself, I want to do it myself.

I am myne owene woman, wel at ese

We can and we will solve our problems for ourselves. We know how. We can, and we will.

The true woman will not be exponent of another, or allow another to be such for her. She will be her own individual self... Stand or fall by her own individual wisdom and strength.

No matter how much women prefer to lean, to be protected and supported, nor how much men desire to have them do so, they must make the voyage of life alone, and for safety in an emergency they must know something of the laws of navigation.

I'm not asking the public to trust me; I'm asking the public to trust themselves.

I can look after myself and my own.

I can take care of myself.

How does a queen bee behave? However she wants to. But please don't wait for someone to hold the door open for you when your own arms work perfectly fine - do it yourself.