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Quotes About Empowerment

The poor don't want some small life. They don't want to game the system. They want to contribute, and they want to thrive. But poverty reduces people born for better things.
~ Matthew Desmond
For me, governing starts with people. It doesn't start with bureaucracy. It doesn't start with policy. It starts with people and what people need to thrive.
~ Betsy Hodges
The Internet really offered a space for me to thrive.
~ Paloma Elsesser
When we empower women, society benefits, grows, and thrives.
~ Paul Polman
We want to open spaces for young people to thrive in this economy, and that is why we said... when government buys commodities and services, we must have some set aside for young people.
~ Cyril Ramaphosa
You can give them the opportunity to thrive, but when it comes to finding happiness or success, kids are really on their own.
~ Rachel Simmons
I want for every child - regardless of their background, gender, caste, etc. - to be able to access schools that are safe and supportive so that they can learn and thrive.
~ Hima Das
Support the female voice in all its forms. Support other female creators and work to make an environment that is inclusive and allows female-led projects to thrive organically.
~ Noelle Stevenson
Black people have always been more than our pain. The joy is so much a part of how we have survived and thrived.
~ DeRay Mckesson
I really am focused on making sure we're doing everything we can so every single person in our country... has the right to thrive... and live in a just and equitable society.
~ Rashida Tlaib
We deserve an economy that works in every county, for every Georgian, and helps families thrive - not just survive.
~ Stacey Abrams
I think part of the pressure put on 'strong female characters' comes from the fact that there is so often 'the team girl,' who must be all things to all people. Part of avoiding that is having as many female characters as I can, and allowing them to thrive in their own right, not inside a framework they didn't ask for and don't want.
~ Seanan McGuire
I believe in giving every Louisianan the opportunity to be successful and to thrive in our state.
~ John Bel Edwards
When our community is under-represented, its people don't receive the resources and attention they need to thrive.
~ Cori Bush
It's so fantastic to see redditors thriving because Reddit was able to be a part of their journey. Over the last decade, we've seen countless people improve their lives because of it - from quitting addiction to getting a Hollywood screenwriting deal - and I hope there will be many more talents who'll be discovered on our platform.
~ Alexis Ohanian
There's a thriving field of self-published stuff in, particularly, black fiction. I don't know that other groups of people of color have that same recourse.
~ N. K. Jemisin
What does it look like to build a city, state, or nation invested in communities thriving rather than their death and destruction? To ask this question is the first act of an abolitionist.
~ Patrisse Cullors
I've never really learned anything when I feel like it's being forced down my throat.
~ Dan Levy
Muhammadan law in its relation to women, is a pattern to European law. Look back to the history of Islam, and you will find that women have often taken leading places - on the throne, in the battle-field, in politics, in literature, poetry, etc.
~ Annie Besant
Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-brake on.
~ Maxwell Maltz
Empowering the individual means empowering the nation. And empowerment is best served through rapid economic growth with rapid social change.
~ Atal Bihari Vajpayee
If you see me as just the princess then you misunderstand who I am and what I have been through.
~ Mariah Carey
Art saved me; it got me through my depression and self-loathing, back to a place of innocence.
~ Jeanette Winterson
God can only do for you what He can do through you.
~ Eric Butterworth