You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.
The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.
I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it. (Popular misquote of "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.")
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.
I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.
You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world...but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.
I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.