Quotes About Empowerment

Whether you're a founder, a leader, or an individual contributor, building a strong team is critical to your success.

As a female founder and CEO, it is important to me to support other women as they build their businesses.

When I look at founders and CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook and Brian Chesky at Airbnb and Sebastian Thrun at Udacity, these are companies that are creating extraordinary social good and extraordinary economic and educational empowerment, all within with context of a for-profit model.

I said, 'Who said African American founders can't build a billion dollar company?'

The world can only be free when men are content in themselves and each draws from his own fountain.

I started out in the ballroom scene when I was fourteen years old.

I came to 'RuPaul's Drag Race' late: I didn't get into the show until its fourth or fifth season.

Fox has always allowed us to be ourselves. They've never told us what we can say, what to say, what not to say.

I am not fragile.

The BBC called me 'defiant' in a caption. I plan to frame and put it on my wall.

Never sell, never franchise.

I feel some responsibility, being one of the few women directors who are being given opportunities. Sometimes, that makes me want to take on some big franchise because I want to show people that women can do it.

Our work is not done until everyone is safe and celebrated not just in San Francisco, but also across the country.

Aretha Franklin, first and foremost... That's my top girl there.

I love Aretha Franklin, Patti LaBelle, and The Supremes, because I'm kind of old-school at heart.

I was told all my life to sing like Aretha Franklin, or Adele, cover myself with black clothing and show more soul, sing bigger.

It's hard for women to talk about these things, and for the doctors to really talk about it too, and to even have the knowledge of what's going on. That's why I'm doing this and urging women to speak out and talk to their doctors frankly.

Frankly, it can be lonely at the top when it comes to driving diversity.

I'm not a control freak in that like I boss everybody around, but like a control freak and like, I like knowing exactly what I get to do that day and having a say.

You've got to trust people. And because I am a control freak, sometimes that's difficult for me, because I want to micro-manage absolutely everything. I can't hand over. But I'm trying to do that more.

I say I'm not a control freak and I don't like to be in charge. But on the other hand, I really don't like anyone telling me what to do. I have some authority issues.

For some reason, the word 'feminist' freaks people out, but when you look it up, all it means is equal opportunity.

I've definitely gotten more confident about showing my natural skin - even during breakouts. I've actually learned that a lot of people don't love their freckles, but I've learned to love mine.

You hear younger women say, 'I don't believe I'm a feminist. I believe women should have equal right and I believe in fighting for the rights of other women, but I'm certainly not a feminist. No, no, not that!' It's just a word. If you called it 'Fred' would it be better?