Don’t be dependent. At all. Ever. Period.
Jordan PetersonA smart girl leaves before she is left.
Marilyn MonroeI actually feel more of a woman because I feel like I’m being smart about my choices, and I’m putting my family first, and I’m in charge of my life and my health. I think that’s what makes a woman complete.
Angelina JolieI will not be concerned at other men’s not knowing me; I will be concerned at my own want of ability.
ConfuciusNobody can tell me where I can and can’t go.
Kanye WestThere are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.
Ralph Waldo EmersonIf you ever need anything please don’t hesitate to ask someone else first.
Kurt CobainFor a long time, I thought I was ugly and disfigured. This made me shy and timid, and I often reacted to insults that were not intended.
Alice WalkerIf you’re yelling you’re the one who’s lost control of the conversation.
Taylor SwiftYou know, when Michael Jackson does the moonwalk, he’s showing off! When Prince or Hendrix do a guitar solo, it’s confidence! I would hate to be at a show and some nervous wreck is sweating up there and doesn’t feel like he deserves to be there.
Bruno MarsFashion is that thing that saved me from being sad.
Lady GagaI mean, I never liked being told what to do. It’s one of the reasons I dropped out of school.
Dave GrohlIf we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
Marcus Tullius CiceroColonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
Benjamin DisraeliThe Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man.
Ho Chi MinhYes, some people say to me you’re too skinny, but never a skinny person says that to me, only people who could lose a few pounds say that.
Karl LagerfeldYou listen to Charlie Parker or John Coltrane before they found their voice, they sounded different. And when you listen to them after they found their voice on their instruments, they sound more confident and in control. Artists have that, too.
Nipsey HussleMr. Morgan buys his partners; I grow my own.
Andrew CarnegieGod didn’t make a mistake when He made you. You need to see yourself as God sees you.
Joel OsteenNothing is more precious than independence and liberty.
Ho Chi MinhHow much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.
Marcus AureliusI love women with attitude.
Kevin HartInjustice in the end produces independence.
VoltaireFor me, it’s about becoming a mogul, owning my own projects, and establishing myself as a funding producer. That’s what’s big to me. The movies and all that stuff are great, but the fact that I’m in a position to do what I want to do, however I want to do it and when I want to do it is bigger.
Kevin HartYour teammates give you the confidence. They give me the confidence all year, all postseason.
LeBron JamesAll formal dogmatic religions are fallacious and must never be accepted by self-respecting persons as final.
HypatiaI hate what I look like on TV, and I want to look better, and nothing makes the mothers more jealous.
Abby Lee MillerConfidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.
Marcus Tullius CiceroIf you make up your own mind, you can only blame yourself.
George BestI don’t worry. I don’t doubt. I’m daring. I’m a rebel.
Mr. TI don’t know if I’ve ever cared much what others think.
Alice WalkerIt’s important for me to let my fans know I really don’t care. I’m confident.
DrakeOnly the insecure strive for security.
Wayne DyerOne thing I want to make clear, as far as my own rebirth is concerned, the final authority is myself and no one else, and obviously not China’s Communists.
Dalai LamaThough she be but little, she is fierce.
William ShakespeareIn my heart, I’m confident I could make a good president.
Joe BidenLeadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.
Colin PowellThe former colonies, in Latin America in particular, have a better chance than ever before to overcome centuries of subjugation, violence and foreign intervention, which they have so far survived as dependencies with islands of luxury in a sea of misery.
Noam ChomskyWe rarely confide in those who are better than we are.
Albert CamusI myself have been on my own and utterly independent since I graduated. I haven’t belonged to any company or any system. It isn’t easy to live like this in Japan.
Haruki MurakamiI wish I could shut up, but I can’t, and I won’t.
Desmond TutuNever fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.
George Bernard ShawThere will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly.
Henry David ThoreauMy rich dad believed we should all learn to take care of ourselves.
Robert KiyosakiSelf-respect knows no considerations.
Mahatma GandhiMany people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
Jackie RobinsonA lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.
Bill ShanklyEven after Independence, we have had to face the poison of casteism and communalism. How long these evils will continue? Whom does it benefit?
Narendra ModiYour life must be a progression towards ownership – first mentally of your independence, and then physically of your work, owning what you produce.
Robert GreeneI’m extremely willful to win, and I respond to challenges. Scoring titles and stuff like that… it sounds, well, I don’t care how it sounds – to me, scoring comes easy. It’s not a challenge to me to win the scoring title, because I know I can.
Kobe BryantIf you don’t stand your ground, then all that happens is people push you backwards.
Jordan PetersonNo one tells me what to do with my music. Real. My mom doesn’t tell what to say, how is someone else going to?
Bad BunnyI knew that I was ‚interesting‘ at 18 because I was aware that I could get away with doing things on stage.
David BowieWhether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.
Michelle ObamaIt is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
Thomas JeffersonWhen people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.
Mark TwainFacts, like people, want to be free – and when they’re free, liberty is usually around the corner.
BonoConfidence comes from discipline and training.
Robert KiyosakiI’m not afraid to look bad on the screen.
Clint EastwoodFashion is here to help make people look very important. If they have good taste and choose what suits them, I give them options on how they can do that. It’s always sexy, and it’s always with the same result: making women look fantastic.
Vivienne Westwood