“I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself.”
"Woman is shut up in a kitchen or in a boudoir, and astonishment is expressed that her horizon is limited. Her wings are clipped, and it is found deplorable that she cannot fly. Let but the future be opened to her, and she will no longer be compelled to linger in the present."
- Simone de Beauvoir
Awareness
"One is not born a woman, one becomes one."
- Simone de Beauvoir
Awareness
"The secrets of life are not shown except to sympathy and likeness."
- Simone de Beauvoir
Awareness
"One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion."
- Simone de Beauvoir
Compassion
"I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth – and truth rewarded me."
- Simone de Beauvoir
Integrity
"I don’t want to conquer anything. I just think that the guy with the most freedom in this ocean is the Pirate King!"
- Monkey D. Luffy
Independence
"Stand alone like a lion and live your life according to your own light."
- Osho
Independence
"It's better to be a lonely lion than a popular sheep."
Independence
"Let your spirit dart and weave, free as a dragonfly"
Independence
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go."
- Dr. Seuss
Independence