Grab the world
“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.” — Maya Angelou
Feeling confident
“Feeling confident — or pretending that you feel confident — is necessary to reach for opportunities. It’s a cliché, but opportunities are rarely offered; they’re seized.” — Sheryl Sandberg
Open doors
“I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.” — Joan Rivers
Ditch the dream
“It’s hard work that makes things happen. It’s hard work that creates change. So… Ditch the dream, and be a doer, not a dreamer… Dreamers often end up living in the basements of relatives, FYI.” — Shonda Rhimes
Self-worth
“Your self-worth is determined by you. You don’t have to depend on someone telling you who you are.” — Beyoncé
Be yourself
“I’ve finally stopped running away from myself. Who else is there better to be?” — Goldie Hawn
Do your thing
“Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.” — Tina Fey
Love yourself
“Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” — Lucille Ball
Love yourself first
“If you aren’t good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you’ll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren’t even giving to yourself.” — Barbara De Angelis
If you want to fly
“Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion.” — Oprah Winfrey
Don’t stop me
“The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” — Ayn Rand
Learn to fail
“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.” — J.K. Rowling
Know what you want
“People respond well to those that are sure of what they want.” — Anna Wintour
A job is better
“People think at the end of the day that a man is the only answer [to fulfillment]. Actually a job is better for me.” — Princess Diana
Be true
“My dad raised me with some good advice: ‘Always tell the truth. Always shoot from the hip. You might not have many friends, but you’ll never have enemies, because people will always know where you’re coming from.'” — Pink
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