Quotes About Empowerment

One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.

The greatest thing you can give a child is confidence.

Being able to have a home studio is the greatest thing ever.

If the country is going to be great, everybody has a gift, and I tell every child I meet, whether they have asked me or not, 'You have greatness inside you, and your job is to figure out what that is, dig it out, and give it to the world. Because the world needs everything, every one of you.'

No, our greatness does not come from our government.

American greatness can be further unlocked if opportunity is expanded to all people within its borders.

Finance is about being short-term greedy, rather than thinking about the markets as a critical part of our society that exist to empower the world, rather than to enrich a few.

I don't feel comfortable with the idea that my only gateway into doing what I love to do is auditioning for other people to give me the green light and say that I'm allowed to do it, or that I'm allowed to play this role, or that I'm allowed to be in this movie. I would feel much more comfortable making those opportunities for myself.

Women who make the choice to have grey hair - I think that's beautiful.

We have people say, 'There's not enough women writers.' I have a writers room that is almost nothing but women over at 'Grey's Anatomy.'

No one could save me from the grief of losing my child or losing my first marriage. I had to do that on my own.

My coming of age was in the '70s. A lot of people look back on it as a grim decade, but I look back on it as a liberating time.

I come from the favelas, I'm grounded.

Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.

You learn that the only way to get rock-star power as a girl is to be a groupie and bare your breasts and get chosen for the night. We learn that the only way to get anywhere is through men. And it's a lie.

Girls are scary. Large groups of girls scare the crap out of me.

Bumble really sets the stage for an empowered and modern way to connect, which educated and forward-thinking groups of people have really gravitated to.

Self-help books are for the birds. Self-help groups are where it's at.

When fringe groups gather, there is power in that.

There are all kinds of under-represented groups in the literary establishment.

If you're a Republican woman, you're mostly on your own when it comes to support from traditional women's groups.

I love working in groups - I think it makes each individual more powerful.

When you don't talk down to your audience, then they can grow with you.

You have to eventually grow up and take control of your life, which is very hard to do.