Susan Faludi Quotes

My mom is such a strong, independent, strong-willed woman, and she always taught me to accept my worth for how I viewed myself and female empowerment, and it's okay to be independent and also need someone at the same time. I kinda get to be both.

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

I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth.

I try to be feminist in, like, I love myself and I don't need someone else's approval.

You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!

Ladies, you have to love yourself... you don't always have to have a man.

I am the person I am. Everybody has to respect that.

A woman can do anything. She can be traditionally feminine and that's all right; she can work, she can stay at home; she can be aggressive; she can be passive; she can be any way she wants with a man. But whenever there are the kinds of choices there are today, unless you have some solid base, life can be frightening.

What I do now defines who I am as a woman and how people see me; they don't see me as a little girl.

I am who I am.

After all those years as a woman hearing 'not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not this enough, not that enough,' almost overnight I woke up one morning and thought, 'I'm enough.'

Everyday I find myself reminding women around me to know their value. I also have to remind myself.

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

I'm determined to raise a strong girl.

You should never need a guy to make you feel complete.

I've never felt the need to be defined by a man.

Any swagger is just defense. When you're reminded so much of who you are by people - not a fame thing, but with my size, constantly, growing up - you just either curl up in a corner in the dark or you wear it proudly, like armor or something. You can turn it on its head and use it yourself before anybody else gets a chance.

You come to a point in your life when you really don't care what people think about you, you just care what you think about yourself.

I am a woman above everything else.

My definition of courage is never letting anyone define you.

At 50 you're more confident, more comfortable in your skin and you don't put up with nonsense, especially from men.

I love it, but it's not important to me to always be thought of as sexy. I like it when it doesn't limit my career. It's a part of my life, but on a secondary plane.

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.

Whipping your hair means not being afraid to be yourself.