Mukesh Ambani Quotes

I used to think I needed a man to define myself. Not any more.

I grew up with just my mom. She and I were like best friends. She's a very independent woman and I admire that about her. In my life, I've tried to be like that. To be okay with being on my own and being independent.

Grow up and let anyone try to contend with the adult you.

For me, a happy ending is not everything works out just right and there is a big bow, it's more coming to a place where a person has a clear vision of his or her own life in a way that enables them to kind of throw down their crutches and walk.

For me, the times in my life when I've been single have been more formative and crucial than I could have imagined. I can cope, function and be happy on my own. I'm highly capable. That doesn't mean I don't like being with a partner, or that I don't feel more rounded when I'm with someone. But the times on my own have been so good.

It was important to me and, I think, important to my parents that I be on my own and figure things out on my own and kind of forge my own path, and I'm really grateful for that.

When Marcus Garvey spoke about self-reliance, he wasn't only talking about people of colour. It's like self-reliance in general, for anyone. Just keep moving and moving within the right direction, and everything will be all right.

I didn't have parents, so I lived in people's homes... And because I grew up with no parental role models, I learned to become my own friend, eventually my own father and my own mother.

I'd like to thank my parents for always stressing, be an individual.

Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons.

Don't depend on a guy for your happiness. You have to live your own life and do your own thing. That's when good things come around - when you do your own thing and you're not worried about a man. It will happen in due time.

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.

I wanted to be an independent woman, a woman who could pay for her bills, a woman who could run her own life - and I became that woman.

I hope my books empower kids, and that they learn how to work out their problems themselves.

The big things I've had are things I bought myself.

Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.

Scouting teaches a boy to take care of himself and stand on his own two feet.

In America we tell our parents to bring their child home and put him or her in a crib; as they get older, children sleep in they own room not in Mom and Dad's room. What are we training them for? It's independence, because that's what being empowered is all about.

When we protect children from every possible source of danger, we also prevent them from having the kinds of experiences that develop their sense of self-reliance, their ability to assess and mitigate risk, and their sense of accomplishment.

Hero shows you how to solve the problem - yourself.

My family advocates doing what fulfills your soul. They've always said, 'You're a big girl; figure it out on your own.'

Graduate school is a really supportive environment, but in a way, it was only when that support vanished that I flourished.

Even if it's not what you planned, you can make a life for yourself on your own and be happy.

It took me 36 years to be able to be by myself and like it.