Quotes on Independent Women

Whatever women do, they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.

The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside, but in councils of the nation. Then, and not until then, will there be the perfect comradeship, the ideal union between the sexes that shall result in the highest development of the race.

We ask justice, we ask equality, we ask that all the civil and political rights that belong to citizens of the United States, be guaranteed to us and our daughters forever.

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred.

I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.

I was always an independent, even when I had partners.

I've never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I'm very proud of that.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

Time is the most valuable thing on earth: time to think, time to act, time to extend our fraternal relations, time to become better men, time to become better women, time to become better and more independent citizens.

I've always loved independent women, outspoken women, eccentric women, funny women, flawed women. When someone says about a woman, 'I'm sorry, that's just wrong,' I tend to think she must be doing something right.

As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.

A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.

No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken to individualize - as her personal problem - observations she makes about the beauty myth in society.

Don't use men to get what you want in life. Get it yourself.

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to a house or farm, but could follow the bent of my genius, which is a very crooked one, every moment.

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.

In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.

Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, 'She doesn't have what it takes'; They will say, 'Women don't have what it takes.'

Independent women must expect more of themselves, since neither men nor other more conventionally domesticated women will hope for anything, or expect any result other than utter failure.