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#1

“There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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#2

“To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

tags: independent-thought, self-determination, self-expression

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#3

“Freedom lies in being bold.”
― Robert Frost

tags: boldness, courage, freedom

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#4

“I am not an angel,' I asserted; 'and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Mr. Rochester, you must neither expect nor exact anything celestial of me - for you will not get it, any more than I shall get it of you: which I do not at all anticipate.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

tags: character, empowerment, flaws, freedom, gender, ideal-woman, identity, image, independence, integrity, love, men, realism, romance, self-awareness, self-determination, women

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#5

“I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

tags: freedom, law, morality, rules

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#6

“Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.”
― Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents

tags: fear, freedom, responsibility

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#7

“The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage.”
― Carrie Jones, Need

tags: courage, freedom, happiness

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#8

“I have lived with several Zen masters -- all of them cats.”
― Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

tags: cat, cat-people, cats, integrity, meditation, peace, sereneity, spirituality, wisdom, zen, zen-master

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#9

“One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.”
― Shannon L. Alder

tags: alone, blending-in, bravery, choices, confidence, conformity, courage, different, diversity, empowerment, fake, false, hiding, integrity, personality, regret, regrets, remorse, self-esteem, self-love, self-respect, self-worth, standing-up-for-other-women, true-self, uniqueness

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#10

“I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.”
― Henry James

tags: integrity, self-esteem

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#11

“Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin, more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habits; thought is anarchic and lawless, indifferent to authority, careless of the well-tried wisdom of the ages. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid ... Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.”
― Bertrand Russell, Why Men Fight

tags: courage, defiance, fearlessness, free-thinker, freedom, freedom-of-thought, independence, intelligence, strength, thought

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#12

“I don't see why I should bow my head when I could hold it high, or place it in the hands of my enemies when I can defeat them.”
― José Rizal

tags: defiance, humor

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#13

“You must give everything to make your life as beautiful as the dreams that dance in your imagination.”
― Roman Payne

tags: empowerment, exploration, feminism, roman-payne, strong-women, the-wanderess, wander, wanderer, wanderess, wandering

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#14

“To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior. Has she not greater intuition, is she not more self-sacrificing, has she not greater powers of endurance, has she not greater courage? Without her, man could not be. If nonviolence is the law of our being, the future is with woman. Who can make a more effective appeal to the heart than woman?"

[To the Women of India (Young India, Oct. 4, 1930)]”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: empowerment, equality, feminist, gandhi, gender, inspirational, men, strength, women

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#15

“If you need something from somebody always give that person a way to hand it to you.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees

tags: diplomacy, empowerment, life, relationships, subtlety

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#16

“I was an adventurer, but she was not an adventuress. She was a 'wanderess.' Thus, she didn’t care about money, only experiences - whether they came from wealth or from poverty, it was all the same to her.”
― Roman Payne, The Wanderess

tags: empowerment, exploration, feminism, roman-payne, strong-women, the-wanderess, wander, wanderer, wanderess, wandering

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#18

“People who lack the clarity, courage, or determination to follow their own dreams will often find ways to discourage yours. When you change for the better, the people around you will be inspired to change also....but only after doing their best to make you stop. Live your truth and don't EVER stop.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

tags: action, change, determination, empowerment, inspirational, life, motivational, success

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#19

“Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard work.”
― Adrienne Rich

tags: critical-thinking, empowerment, feminism, independent-thought, responsibility, self-determination, self-respect, women

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#20

“I used to spend so much time reacting and responding to everyone else that my life had no direction. Other people's lives, problems, and wants set the course for my life. Once I realized it was okay for me to think about and identify what I wanted, remarkable things began to take place in my life.”
― Melody Beattie, The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations on Codependency

tags: direction, empowerment, life, lost, realization

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#21

“Women are never so strong as after their defeat.”
― Alexandre Dumas, Queen Margot

tags: defeat, empowerment, perseverance, strength, women

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#22

“[I]f we revert to history, we shall find that the women who have distinguished themselves have neither been the most beautiful nor the most gentle of their sex.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

tags: achievement, beauty, clichés, distinction, empowerment, gender, gentleness, greatness, history, intelligence, self-determination, stereotypes, women

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#23

“Whatever you choose, however many roads you travel, I hope that you choose not to be a lady. I hope you will find some way to break the rules and make a little trouble out there. And I also hope that you will choose to make some of that trouble on behalf of women."

[Commencement Address, Wellesley College, 1996]”
― Nora Ephron

tags: behavior, empowerment, good-behaviour, ladies, obedience, rebellion, rule-breaking, rules, trouble, wellesley-college-commencement, women

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#24

“Never say that you can't do something, or that something seems impossible, or that something can't be done, no matter how discouraging or harrowing it may be; human beings are limited only by what we allow ourselves to be limited by: our own minds. We are each the masters of our own reality; when we become self-aware to this: absolutely anything in the world is possible.

Master yourself, and become king of the world around you. Let no odds, chastisement, exile, doubt, fear, or ANY mental virii prevent you from accomplishing your dreams. Never be a victim of life; be it's conqueror.”
― Mike Norton

tags: accomplish, can-t, chastisement, conqueror, discouragement, disorder, doubt, dream, empowerment, exile, fear, impossible, king, master, mental, mind, possibility, reality, relative, resilience, truth, victim, virii, virus, viruses, world

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#25

“If your heart is broken, make art with the pieces.’

[Blueprint for a Breakthrough (2013)]”
― Shane Koyczan

tags: art, empowerment, heartbreak, resilience

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#26

“I have not yet spoken my last word about women. I believe that if a woman succeeds in withdrawing from the mass, or rather raising herself from above the mass, she grows ceaselessly and more than a man.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer, Schopenhauer and the Wild Years of Philosophy

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#27

“Most people spend the majority of their lives in fear, focused on themselves, casting everyone around them as bad guys. They almost can’t help it, because it happens subconsciously and they don’t know any other way to be. When you understand that most human behavior is driven by fear, you will understand why people hurt or offend you. You will understand it isn’t about you at all. Their bad behavior is caused by their fear of failure and loss.”
― Kimberly Giles, Choosing Clarity: The Path to Fearlessness

tags: fear-of-failure, offenses

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#28

“If I expect nothing of you, it will be far easier to forgive your offenses than if I place my whole world in your hands.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year

tags: expectations, expecting-nothing, forgiveness, forgiving, offenses, richelle, richelle-e-goodrich, richelle-goodrich, trust

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#29

“If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.”
― Coco Chanel

tags: accomplishment, aspirations, drive, flying, goals, wings

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#30

“I love the challenge of starting at zero every day and seeing how much I can accomplish.”
― Martha Stewart

tags: confidence, goals

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#31

“The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.”
― Joseph Campbell, A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living

tags: hero-s-journey, life, nature, universe

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