Quotes About Empowerment

I don't care what color you are, what size you are, where you're from. It is disturbing that there's an idea that only tall, thin, willowy, size 0 women are attractive - even for the tall, thin, willowy, size 0 woman! We all should get to feel like there's something powerful and beautiful about who we are.

I don't like to use the words 'real women,' honestly. I like to use the word 'woman.' And I say that because there are so many women out there who are naturally thin or are naturally curvy, and I think when we start putting a label on the type of woman, it gets misconstrued and starts to offend people.

People try to sell a fantasy with beauty campaigns. Overly Photoshopped, perfect, white, thin figures are a standard that most people still hold as beautiful because the industry says so.

I'm not thin. I don't starve myself.

As a woman,I understand that there is a very thin line between cheap and sexy.

It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen.

Confidence is the most beautiful thing you can possess.

It is your passion that empowers you to be able to do that thing you were created to do.

I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people's minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.

If you have a positive frame of mind, you can manifest positive things in your life.

There are things one must do for oneself.

If you're going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.

With the right set of mind, with the right people, with the right support, things happen.

I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about yourself and just think of your people. It's always the people who make things happen.

Americans have a special horror of giving up control, of letting things happen in their own way without interference.

Let your voice be heard. Don't stand idly by and let things happen to you. Question everything; be informed.

I'm very thankful to players like John Stockton and Spud Webb. They've made it possible for someone like me to make it. I think teams are actually looking for one player under 6-feet now, because they make things happen.

We're too complacent. We let things happen to us. And you don't have to let things happen to you. You can affect change.

Bad things happen. Cope!

I believe in my abilities, as when I get things right, things happen for me.

Players have already done a lot of groundwork trying to fight systems, I think we have to continue to do that, and as things happen to play out.

Cinema is not only about making people dream. It's about changing things and making people think.

I don't care what people think of me. I don't even care what happens to me.

Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free.