#independence

If only you could have witnessed how much I have changed: sit alone in a disused theatre and feel what I have felt, see how the world has transformed me, like the metamorphosis of a caterpillar. ↗

— Kiera Woodhull

#growing-up #independence #poetry #change

I admire independence. The world would be a stronger place if we were all capable of handling life on our own. But being capable of it doesn't mean being unable to share and depend on someone else. It shouldn't mean being unwilling to. That's the romance. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#love #romance #love

Some steps need to be taken alone. It's the only way to really figure out where you need to go and who you need to be. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#alone-but-not-lonely #aloneness #being-single #finding-yourself #independence

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#independence #individuality #inspirational #self-assurance #self-awareness

It is easier to live through someone else than to complete yourself. The freedom to lead and plan your own life is frightening if you have never faced it before. It is frightening when a woman finally realizes that there is no answer to the question 'who am I' except the voice inside herself. ↗

— Betty Friedan

#feminism #identity #independence #living-vicariously #self-discovery

I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#courtship #empowerment #freedom #happiness #husbands

I am not an angel," I asserted; "and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#empowerment #flaws #freedom #gender #ideal-woman

If I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen and married. ↗

— Elizabeth I Tudor

#british-monarchy #british-royal-family #dignity #empowerment #freedom

LEONATO Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband. BEATRICE Not till God make men of some other metal than earth. Would it not grieve a woman to be overmastered with a pierce of valiant dust? to make an account of her life to a clod of wayward marl? No, uncle, I'll none: Adam's sons are my brethren; and, truly, I hold it a sin to match in my kindred. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#empowerment #equality #freedom #happiness #husbands

There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#important #impressive #independence #living #means