Quotes About Empowerment

I want to say a little something that's long overdue, the disrespect to women has got to be through. To all the mothers and the sisters and the wives and friends, I wanna offer my love and respect till the end.

High heels empower women in a way.

As women gain weight, they start judging themselves. But who cares! Embrace what you have. Say, 'Belly, you might be poking out today, but I'm going to choose to love you and nurture you.'

I come from a long line of strong and confident women out of New Orleans. My grandmother and great-grandmother were women who ran their homes and were leaders in their communities. I was never taught that there was anything that I couldn't do, and I believed that.

You must make women count as much as men; you must have an equal standard of morals; and the only way to enforce that is through giving women political power so that you can get that equal moral standard registered in the laws of the country. It is the only way.

But what of black women?... I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire.

I didn't want to let women down. One of the stereotypes I see breaking is the idea of aging and older women not being beautiful.

I can understand how some women want to marry a rich man. They may be happy for the rest of their lives, but they will never be free.

Sexism is bad enough when it's men demeaning women. When women do it to other women, it's even more deflating.

Honestly, I feel like we are a walking protest. The fact that we're women professional athletes says that in and of itself. We've been feeling the inequality; we've been struggling with pay equality or whatever it is, or sexism in sports.

We believe women have rights in Islam that they've yet to obtain.

We needed to be assertive as women in those days - assertive and aggressive - and the degree to which we had to be that way depended on where you were. I had to be.

There's nothing women can't do. There's absolutely nothing we can't do. We're far stronger in a lot of ways than men. Way, way stronger than men. And that's my message to any woman I meet - that includes you - there's nothing you can't do, and you know that.

I made 'LS4TS2' for women, my Day 1's, the trenches, and all those that doubted me.

Pro-life feminists believe in women and their ability. Pro-choice feminists only see women as weak and something to be exploited.

You can send women to the Moon or Mars later. First, provide sanitary pads to them.

Financial inclusion matters not only because it promotes growth, but because it helps ensure prosperity is widely shared. Access to financial services plays a critical role in lifting people out of poverty, in empowering women, and in helping governments deliver services to their people.

Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that's feminism.

When I was growing up, you didn't know there was a women's national team. Now girls grow up dreaming of playing for Canada.

What does it say about a country that has to force its women into combat?

I truly believe that women should be financially independent from their men. And let's face it, money gives men the power to run the show. It gives men the power to define value. They define what's sexy. And men define what's feminine. It's ridiculous.

To me, women have always been the sturdiest people in my life and have been incredible sources of energy.

Mr. President how long must women wait to get their liberty? Let us have the rights we deserve.

Women make the world go round.