#single

[I]n the end this shall be for me sufficient, that a marble stone shall declare that a Queen, having reigned such a time, lived and died a virgin. ↗

— Elizabeth I Tudor

#dignity #freedom #good-governance #government #independence

If [God] send me no husband, for the which blessing I am at him upon my knees every morning and evening ... ↗

— William Shakespeare

#blessings #empowerment #freedom #happiness #husbands

The uniqueness of the unit was more or less that it was focused on a single individual. It was really the first time the agency had done that sort of effort. ↗

— Michael Scheuer

#done #effort #first #first time #focused

Single is not a status, it is a word that describes a person who is strong enough to live and enjoy life without depending on others. ↗

— prixie

#describe #enjoy #enough #life #live

I'm happily single. ↗

— Paula Abdul

#i #single

One of the most important things one can do in life is to brutally question every single thing you are taught. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#every #important #important things #life #most

Happily Single is permission to CHOOSE your life rather than having it handed to you, and it’s living life on your own terms instead of those that are expected of you. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#choices #choosing-your-life #confidence #happily-single #independence

You don’t need a significant other to lead a significant life. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#being-single #independence #life #love #not-settling

If we be doomed to marry, we marry; if we be doomed to remain single we do. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#marry #single #marriage

The desire to get married is a basic and primal instinct in women. It's followed by another basic and primal instinct: the desire to be single again. ↗

— Nora Ephron

#marriage #singles #women #marriage