Holly Lisle Quotes

I don't care what people think anymore. I don't think I've got anything to prove.

It doesn't matter what people think of me. I've lived my life.

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

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

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

Never be afraid of failure. And don't stop yourself from doing something you want to do because of what others might think. Only you know yourself best.

I don't need anyone to validate me.

I've changed. I'm not worried about what people think, because I think people think what they want to think anyway.

As hard as it is, owning who you are and knowing what you want is the only sure path to affirmation... I want women to know they can get out of any situation if they return to their core source of strength: themselves.

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.

I thought, 'O.K., if I'm a valuable person and an independent entity, then I don't have to worry about what people think of me. I can reach out now.'

It's very important for females to feel empowered. It took me a long time to find that inside me.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.

I am proud of who I am, and nobody's going to steal that.

You cannot belong to anyone else, until you belong to yourself.

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

You have enough people against you... be for yourself.

I don't have to be what you want me to be.

My father taught me you have to believe in yourself and run on your own track.

With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of a courtesan; it may be so, but I have the heart of a King. I live free, I enjoy myself, I can call myself happy.

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

I'm not gonna apologize for who I am and what I've gone through.

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