#determination

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me. ↗

— Jane Austen

#dignity #elizabeth-bennet #empowerment #fear #independence

I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives. ↗

— Jane Austen

#double-standards #empowerment #equality #feminism #flattery

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#empowerment #flaws #freedom #gender #identity

I'm single because I was born that way. ↗

— Mae West

#choice #dignity #empowerment #freedom #independence

A girl should be two things: who and what she wants. ↗

— Coco Chanel

#empowerment #girls #identity #individuality #self-determination

There is nothing which any way pertaineth to the worship of God left to the determination of human laws. ↗

— George Gillespie

#determination #god #human #laws #left

If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you. ↗

— Les Brown

#after #amaze #determination #gifts #go

There's a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination. ↗

— Jeb Bush

#determination #dogged #fine #fine line #line

Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts. ↗

— Dan Gable

#alloy #called #determination #gold #gold medals

We are telling the American people to have patience, courage, resolve and determination. ↗

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

#american people #courage #determination #patience #people