Quotes About Empowerment

In a world where women and men are advised to 'lean in,' run faster and reach higher, Arianna Huffington has courageously redefined the meaning of success.

I mean that I consider myself a feminist. I think anybody who thinks women and men should be treated equally is a feminist, whether or not they know it.

Because if a woman can only direct women, and men can only direct men, and Black directors can only direct Black actors, then we are missing out on opening up voices to different perspectives.

Agriculture needs to be modernized so as to give work to youth, women and men from the country.

No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you.

Women are capable of doing so many things these days, physically, emotionally, within relationships and career. There are so many things that women have evolved into and I feel really proud about where women are right now.

What's so dumb is that women are 50 per cent of the population, and they want to spend money to see movies where they're portrayed as three-dimensional characters.

Women are in a position now to voice their opinion... women are getting empowered. The more power they get, the more voice they get to shift certain things around. Now I have a daughter, I understand. When I didn't have a daughter, I didn't understand.

My mother never made me do anything for my brothers, like serve them. I think that's an important lesson, especially for the Latino culture, because the women are expected to be the ones that serve and cook and whatever. Not in our family. Everybody was equal.

Studies show that women are more likely than men to die in natural disasters. Women's voices must be heard.

Women are not one-dimensional, we come in different shapes and sizes, and we are all equally beautiful.

They say Latina women are spicy. But we are more than that. We have power, and we run things.

People ask me why I write strong women, and I say, 'Well, I don't like stupid ones.' Who would want to read about weak and whiny women? Are they people who assume women are weak and whiny? If so, why do they think that?

Women are stronger than men - they do not die of wisdom.

I think women are amazing for being able to show what they feel. I admire women who do. I think it's a mistake when women cover their emotions to look tough. I say let's own who we are and use it as a strength.

Men are shameless in selling their story. Women are often reserved. So we do need to encourage women to know their story and then tell it strategically as to how they can add value.

Women are undeniably the most beautiful creatures.

I think Hispanic women are beautiful with their curves. I'm not sure who feels that way in Hollywood. I was never told to lose 50 pounds. If they think that they just don't bother with you. You just don't get the role and you never know why. That's still better than physically harming yourself and becoming unhealthy just to star in a movie.

We women of America tell you that America is not a democracy. Twenty million women are denied the right to vote.

In a way, women are a psychic immigrant group.

There's this myth that women are supposed to compete with each other or something, or we're supposed to hate each other, and that's totally not productive.

As women and men, we're not primed and taught to feel that women are as inspirational as men.

I think today women are very scared to celebrate themselves, because then they just get labeled.

I believe that all women should have children. I think women are made to have children and to be mothers. I also think women have to have an identity outside the home.