Nora Roberts Quotes

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

Demanding respect is like chasing a butterfly. Chase it, and you'll never catch it. Sit still, and it may light on your shoulder.

Let a man then know his worth and keep things under his feet.

Remember, no one can hurt your feelings without your permission

I was taught to be demure, so it was harder for me to learn how to stand up for myself and go, 'What do I want? What are my desires?'

I'm going to give it my all, but I'm also going to know my worth, know that I have options, and that's the best feeling in the world.

You just have to be able to stand up for yourself. And that's OK.

Can't nobody handle me.

Don?t back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for your beliefs builds self-confidence and self-esteem.

I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected. Because if you like me you can throw me away too quick. If you respect me, you may not even like what I was wearing, but you'll say, "I respect that."

I am good at walking away. Rejection teaches you how to reject.

I cannot be exacting because I respect myself.

My body may have been abused, but it certainly hasn't been neglected.

There is nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people

It's hard to think what should make your blood boil more - what happened to Billy Ray or what didn't happen to those who abused him. It's something we can't ignore.

The best thing I ever did in my life was to ask, 'Do I like everybody?' And the answer was, 'No.' So why should everybody like me? If people are against me, so what? I'm against them too.

I'm not trying to keep anybody happy.

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

For me, when I go to bed at night, I am happy that I haven't hurt someone. And if I think I have, I will rectify it. I now refuse to give someone permission to make me feel bad about myself. They can't make me feel bad about myself if I don't allow it.

It took me a long time to realize that to walk around without a certain amount of belief in myself, to walk onto a job with my tail between my legs, wasn't behooving anyone else.

I've learned through experience that life is never that bad. The secret is just paying attention to how you feel and not letting anyone else dictate what in your heart you know is right.

What I wish for myself is that I could be the kind of person who just goes, 'This is what I need,' and doesn't feel bad about it.

I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse.

Go on - but don't think you can kill my confidence. I've had experts doing it for years.

I've put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.