You are mistaken, Mr. Darcy, if you suppose that the mode of your declaration affected me in any other way, than as it spared the concern which I might have felt in refusing you, had you behaved in a more gentlemanlike manner." (Elizabeth Bennett)
Jane AustenStichwörter: love empowerment men women mr-darcy self-determination anger pride marriage-proposal proposal refusal humiliation rejection scorn behaviour declaration gentlemen propriety gentlemanlike
My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fascinating graces, and viewing them as if they were in a state of perpetual childhood, unable to stand alone.
Mary WollstonecraftStichwörter: strength empowerment equality gender reason men women feminism self-determination misogyny hypocrisy independence rationality stereotypes flattery double-standards self-sufficiency clichés social-norms women-s-rights
You cannot change what you are, only what you do.
Philip PullmanStichwörter: life change be-yourself self-determination
Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.
Mae WestStichwörter: empowerment girls women ambition goodness self-determination risque naughty wickedness disobedience promiscuity
Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
René DescartesStichwörter: philosophy self-determination self-discipline
She might be without country, without nation, but inside her there was still a being that could exist and be free, that could simply say I am without adding a this, or a that, without saying I am Indian, Guyanese, English, or anything else in the world.
Sharon MaasStichwörter: individuality inspirational empowerment roots freedom self-esteem identity home self-respect self-determination self-reliance self-assurance independence self-awareness homelessness anchoring attachment belonging self-trust self-sufficiency nationality self-containment
Maybe your country is only a place you make up in your own mind. Something you dream about and sing about. Maybe it's not a place on the map at all, but just a story full of people you meet and places you visit, full of books and films you've been to. I'm not afraid of being homesick and having no language to live in. I don't have to be like anyone else. I'm walking on the wall and nobody can stop me.
Hugo HamiltonStichwörter: individuality inspirational empowerment roots self-esteem home self-respect self-determination self-reliance self-assurance independence self-awareness homelessness anchoring attachment belonging country self-trust self-sufficiency nationality self-containment
I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.
William ShakespeareStichwörter: happiness love empowerment freedom marriage self-determination independence husbands courtship bachelorhood singles wooing
What! Would I be turned back from doing a thing that I had determined to do, and that I knew to be right, by the airs and interference of such a person, or any person I may say? No, I have no idea of being so easily persuaded. When I have made up my mind, I have made it.
Jane AustenStichwörter: strength empowerment judgment determination weakness self-determination independence persuasion interference
The only life worth living is the one we take responsibility for choosing.
Alexandra StoddardStichwörter: life inspirational self-determination
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