Quotes About Empowerment

I think women and children and older people are the three least-respected groups in our society.

To me I think leadership is activism. It's giving back to your community, it's investing in oneself, and you know women and children.

I'd definitely like to work with women and children with domestic violence and broken homes... What better way is there to do that than with self-defense? That's where my heart lies.

The path to diversity begins with supporting, mentoring, and sponsoring diverse women and men to become leaders and entrepreneurs.

I'm paving the road for other women and men who know they're destined for greatness, but they don't believe it yet.

Fear has run rampant amongst our community of models. Far too many young models, both women and men, are mistreated and put at risk.

My responsibility will be to unite all the women and men ready to take on the tremendous challenges which are waiting for us, and to act.

The solution to women's issues can only be achieved in a free and democratic society in which human energy is liberated, the energy of both women and men together. Our civilization is called human civilization and is not attributed only to men or women.

I think it's very important for both women and men to see women working in a variety of capacities.

When both women and men contribute to a country's economic life on an equal basis, they help building stronger societies and stronger economies.

I have always believed that resistance against repression and violence is possible without relying on similar repression and violence. I have always believed that human civilization is the fruit of the effort of both women and men.

If there is one thing that the women and men of the late 20th century who have an awareness and enjoyment of history can be sure of, it is that Islam was not sent from Heaven to foster egotism and mediocrity.

There's no shape or body type that makes you more happy or more lovable. It's the body you're comfortable in that makes you happier and more lovable. I look around and see how women and men of all types find the love and the life they want.

For millions of women and men around the world, the playwright Eve Ensler is a beloved figure. She represents the epitome of the politically engaged artist, someone who uses her creative brilliance to illuminate injustice and give voice to the voiceless.

I don't know why there is a discrimination between women and men entrepreneurs. Those who are doing their job should just be seen as professionals and not women or men.

We can celebrate how far we've come from our sexist past when women and men are equally represented in the pages of science fiction anthologies.

There are so many more women and men who deserve opportunities. People of color. Period.

Entrepreneurs - both women and men - need equal and fair access to finance - to create new businesses, to reach to new markets, and to adapt to climate change.

I think that crying is a way women and men express frustration, anger, or passion. And we should not feel compelled to mute those emotions.

I am absolutely not a feminist, I am against stupidity, and if it comes from males or females, it doesn't change anything. If it means that women and men, they are equal, then OK, certainly I am a feminist.

We want young people to come forward with bright ideas; we want the women and men in our country to have jobs.

Working Wardrobes needs plus-size clothing donations to help women and men feel confident on their journey to finding a job. This is what we need in today's world - to lift people up - and Working Wardrobes is doing that.

How many shows on TV do you see young black people, both women and men, really embody a full-fledged human being, flaws and all?

There are no 'strong women.' And men, don't say, 'Real men don't try to bully women.' If a woman attacks you, you fight back.