Quotes About Empowerment

You have to listen to what resonates within your own gut. You find your direction there. Your voice comes out.

You've got to allow people to make mistakes, even though your gut tells you that the guy is going to get torched.

I tell my daughters, 'If something doesn't feel right, whether that's going to a party, doing a video, shooting something, you're around someone that's creeping you out, use your gut. If you're in a car with a driver and something don't feel right, use your gut.'

It is difficult to have the guts to speak up about any kind of sexual assault.

So many girls only care about guys and looking good all the time.

The most common mistake when women go into the gym is to watch someone else do an exercise and start doing the same one.

When I was 6 or 7, my gymnastics coach looked at my quads and told the other coach to come over and see my quads. They were big then and still are. But I've kind of embraced it through the years.

The best part is when parents come up to me with their kids, and they say, 'My daughter started gymnastics because of you.'

I feel amazing. This is all the result of just changing my eating habits.

I love being able to play myself if I fancy, and take myself off as soon as I've had enough.

I feel... sexier, I think, with short hair. I feel like an alien!

Everything goes with short hair. It's bananas.

There is nothing like a hair flip!

I am going to cut my hair very short; I've never done this before... I want to say I had something to do with how I look, not the cancer.

I had the big shoulders; I had the big hair. I loved the '80s. It was all about power women.

When I was growing up all I ever wanted was straight hair as you want to be the same as everyone else but then last summer a hairdresser friend said, 'let's stop straightening this and keep it curly,' and I've never looked back.

You want to be more hairy, that's beautiful. You want to be more clean-shaven, that's great.

I know the Haitian people - because I am the Haitian people.

We have problems which will be addressed by Haitians.

We are all Haitians, and we will build one Haiti for all Haitians.

It's really hard to use a laptop when you only have half a lap.

I always look at things half full and definitely see a change in how things are going as far as black actresses and their opportunities.

A lot of people want to go out there, help people, and save the world. Sadly, half the time they can't even help themselves.

Change the way you think, and you are already halfway to changing the world.