Quotes About Empowerment

Women's rights are women's rights. One of the things that woke me up was equal pay. I started thinking about it: Who is the leader of women? Take me to your leader. And there were no leaders.

That first morning that I woke up self-employed, terror quickly consumed me. I found myself sitting with my laptop and realized, for the first time, that I was entirely responsible for all of my own decisions, as well as the consequences of those decisions.

You're not born woke. Something wakes you up.

If you woke up this morning and you are breathing, and you are Muslim, then you are political. You have no choice but to be political in a country that has politicized you and politicized your religion.

I just woke up one day was like, 'People know you're fat whether you have a cardigan on or your arms are out, so why not just let your arms be out because you're hot.'

My literary heroes were mostly women writers and thinkers - Joy Williams, Joan Didion, Anne Sexton, June Jordan, Sarah Schulman, Audre Lorde, Cherrie Moraga, Christa Wolf - and much of this writing was political as well as literary.

'She Wolf,' by Shakira, makes you want to let go of your inhibitions and jam.

I had a very feminist mother who exposed me not only to Planned Parenthood - my first job - but also to Betty Friedan and Colette and Naomi Wolf.

The song 'Wolf Eyes,' I wrote because I felt like I was such a kitten. I want to be more of a wolf. I want to be stronger and more independent. I sort of wrote the song for that.

Woman is a ray of God. She is not that earthly beloved: she is creative, not created.

Every woman is a queen, and we all have different things to offer.

A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim.

A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.

I'm trying as hard as I can to keep pushing the boundaries of what a woman is capable of doing. And it turns out there's a lot we can do. There's a lot we can speak about.

I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations.

Every single woman is beautifully unique, and the sexiest thing she can do is own her curves, embrace her differences, and stand tall in exactly who she is.

If a woman is confident, she believes in herself and is really happy from the inside, you'll see that glow.

Sometimes it's hard to be a woman giving all your love to just one man.

Financial independence is paramount. My mom always says that when a woman is financially independent, she has the ability to live life on her own terms. I think that was the soundest advice that I ever got. No matter where you go in life or who you get married to, you have to be financially independent - whether you use it or not.

If I hadn't been a woman, I'd be a drag queen for sure. I like all that flair and I'd be dressing up in them high heels and putting on the big hair. I'd be like Ru Paul.

It's not just that I'm a woman of color running for office. It's the way that I ran. It's the way that my identity formed my methods.

A woman has no need to be perfect or even beautiful to wear my dresses. The dress will do all that for her.

If society will not admit of woman's free development, then society must be remodeled.

Smile from your heart; nothing is more beautiful than a woman who is happy to be herself.