Sylvia Plath Quotes

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

No one ever taught me how to shave; no one ever sat down to watch a Braves game with me. I paid for Yale myself, I lived by myself, I taught myself how to play the guitar. I did this all on my own.

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.

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

The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that in your brains and in your hands, wherever you go... It's one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another thing to always go looking for it somewhere else.

I love having a boyfriend but need to be secure on my own first.

I think anything you do on your own, so to speak, I think, is worth more than something that is maybe looked upon as gifted to you or handed to you.

My journey is self-made because I came from nothing. It's the best feeling now, because I don't really feel like I owe anybody.

I never wanted to be a trophy wife. I wanted to make it on my own. I didn't want to depend on a man.

Alone I'm nothing.

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

If I had to live my life in anticipation of what others thought of me, little would get done.

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

I don't think you can really, truly be the partner you want to be until you know on an absolute level that you are a complete person on your own.

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

If you have to rely on yourself, you try harder, and when you try harder, you feel bigger.

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.

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

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

I'm worth far too much money. I don't need anybody's money.

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.

My father always told me, you can only be your own best. In other words, if you feel you've done your best, you've done well enough.

A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.

I'm completely ecstatic when a woman has own back story and brings something to the table and has a real strong kind of independence.

All I need is my brains, my eyes and my personality, for better or for worse.