Deepak Chopra Quotes

You can't ever put yourself in a position where someone is requiring you to inhabit somebody else's energy. You have to own your thing, or own it with very fiber of your being.

The song 'Wolf Eyes,' I wrote because I felt like I was such a kitten. I want to be more of a wolf. I want to be stronger and more independent. I sort of wrote the song for that.

You have to be your own person. You can't let people's opinions determine how you think about yourself. There's a difference between identity and self-identity.

So our self-feeling in this world depends entirely on what we back ourselves to be and do.

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

You've got to hang on to who you are, what you are. Don't let anyone take it from you.

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

I'm not someone who feels the pressure of someone else's expectations. That's a very young way to feel.

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.

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.

The truth is you only have yourself to offer. And when you come to that realization, it's terrifying, because you think it's probably not enough.

I know what I do and what it means to me and where its sources lie, and that's mine. It still is mine.

I believe in something, even if it's just me.

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.

You should lead your own life, do what you have to. If people recognize you, it gives you support. If they don't, how does it matter?

Now, actually, I can prove the people that I'm an individual; I just don't have to be a Bella Twin to make a name for myself here. I can be Nikki Bella, Fearless Nikki, and I've really enjoyed that.

Moana doesn't have a love interest because this movie is about a journey - a physical one across hundreds and hundreds of miles of ocean, but also an emotional one of Moana finding herself. She doesn't need a man or love interest to find herself.

I didn't want anyone to have control over how people saw me. I wanted to have that power myself.

A network did not make me, and therefore, a network cannot break me.

I am my own home, and my handkerchief is my flag.

I will not sulk about having no boyfriend, but develop inner poise and authority and sense of self as woman of substance, complete without boyfriend, as best way to obtain boyfriend.

Never forget who you are, little star.

I am powerful because of who and what I am. Not because of who I am not.

I'm not much but I'm all I have.