Quotes About Empowerment

My confidence came from the way I grew up, and I'm grateful for it.

If people can find something that they love about themselves after going to one of my shows, then I am so addicted to that feeling. It's the most gratifying thing on earth.

It's gratifying when younger women come up and say, 'I went to law school because of you.' My heart swells; then it's like, wait, are you glad, or do you blame me?

I gravitate to whatever looks good on me and whatever maakes me feel sexy.

Hip-hop was born of people who did not have a voice. They were not heard. And those people exist and are a part of a framework of life... as long as that's true, people will gravitate to hip-hop.

I tend to gravitate toward gender- and race-related stories.

I defy gravity.

Embrace the grease, if any, and look fresh and human. I like to look like a glazed doughnut.

I'm a great believer in giving people a chance.

My race and sex had a great deal more to do with what people believed I could do than with what I actually could do.

I need to have a great deal of control and the ability to share my control with my collaborators and grant them the freedom and the quality of work I think these people deserve. If I don't have those elements, I walk away.

I use maps in my phone a great deal because I can't tell left from right. Having easy access to maps has given me a completely different life. When I first moved to London, I couldn't get anywhere and spent so much money on cabs because I couldn't figure it out.

Schools and parents can team up to find books that kids will really get excited about - that will make them say, 'That was a great experience. Now I know why people get excited about reading.'

You really want a company that's full of people from all these different backgrounds and then allow them to be creative as possible, come together, and come up with great ideas.

I just love that Free the Slaves does such a great job of gathering communities, gathering people together, and giving them the information, arming them, educating them. That's how we're going to change the world.

Coach Smart did a great job of just letting me come to terms with myself as a basketball player and a person.

My mother did what all great leaders do: She sparked the growth of future leaders.

Behind every great man there is a suprised woman.

They say behind every great man is a great woman, but I think it works the other way round as well.

Great men marry great women.

I feel it's my responsibility to turn people on to great music.

I grew up on Public Enemy, which had a message with great music behind it.

I was raised listening to so many wonderful females with great music.

Idras Elba was from Forest Gate - where I am from - there are a lot of great people around if they can be given a chance or have the belief.