Quotes About Empowerment

Churches we build only by our own efforts and not in the strength of the Spirit will quickly collapse when we don't push and prod people along.

I just want to keep being involved in great projects that push positive messages to people.

They tell me: 'OK, this is where we're going to push up your cleavage,' and I'm like, 'What cleavage?'

I try my hardest to push the point that I am a feminist.

I've never let people push me around in politics.

I'm always trying to push for women's rights.

My job is to inspire the people, to be on top of my game and push my culture forward.

You can't push and force people to do what they don't want to do.

I'm a feminist; I grew up with feminism, but I also think there's a way in which we need to shake things up so that we can push it further and in other directions.

I will not even tell my daughter to get married if she does not find her life partner. I would rather push her for education and financial independence.

You begin to realize that the genius of our country is the constant push to be more inclusive and find new ways of engaging everyone.

I said we needed to organize women around the world to push peace.

I had to learn not to let anyone push me around, to be brave and to say things I knew might make people mad.

Because women have been marginalised, they're more likely to behave like immigrants and continue to push themselves forward in order to avoid falling through the cracks, but I don't think a happy ending comes from matriarchy.

When you are in a growth company, you have to really open people's eyes to the bigger possibilities so they think differently. Once they understand how to define success and what their role is in success, they make better decisions, and you can push decision-making down.

No one can tell you what to do or push you around. It gives you a secure feeling. That's the best thing about money.

I've had to learn how to say no to things, and have people around me that don't push me too hard, because I'll go until I just crash. I don't have a stop button.

How well I walk my talk, and not talk my talk, determines the quality of my engagement, of all my experience with what is quite personally my God. I'm my greatest teacher, and within me, I have the power to push myself deeper and higher.

I faced a certain amount of violence. It taught me that I had to learn to protect myself - and it made me stronger. It could have made me step backwards with my self-discovery. Instead, it pushed me further.

My mother hated foundation; she hated having a mask on her face - and she pushed me to build my own vision and concept of beauty for women.

Our ideas of consent have evolved and changed because feminism has pushed the boundaries.

You don't ever have to feel pushed into anything.

The more I'm pushed in a position of leadership and I know I have to be the mouthpiece for so many other people who can't speak for themselves, the more confidence I'm gaining.

I'm not going to be bullied or pushed around by the group of the day. You've got to have political courage. You've got to have your own inner beliefs.