#determination

Don't you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can't be exactly who you are. ↗

#individuality #self-determination #soul

What to an outsider will be no more than the vigorous presentation of a conviction, to an employee may be the manifestation of a determination which it is not safe to thwart. ↗

— Learned Hand

#determination #employee #manifestation #may #more

Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in an officially enforced inequality - an authoritarian determination of the status of each individual in the new hierarchical order. ↗

— Friedrich August von Hayek

#determination #directed #each #economy #enforced

It’s probably not just by chance that I’m alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me, unless he’s terribly strong. And if he’s stronger than I, I’m the one who can’t live with him. … I’m neither smart nor stupid, but I don’t think I’m a run-of-the-mill person. I’ve been in business without being a businesswoman, I’ve loved without being a woman made only for love. The two men I’ve loved, I think, will remember me, on earth or in heaven, because men always remember a woman who caused them concern and uneasiness. I’ve done my best, in regard to people and to life, without precepts, but with a taste for justice. ↗

— Coco Chanel

#bachelorhood #empowerment #freedom #independence #individuality

Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#inspirational #self-determination #change

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. ↗

— Coco Chanel

#dignity #empowerment #freedom #independence #individuality

Courage: the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#consistency #courage #determination #essence #ethos

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