Quotes About Empowerment

In the history of the world, telling someone to 'calm down' has never done anything but piss them off more.

You needed a fire inside you, the kind that kept you passionately invested in the here and now, the kind that made you want to shape what was happening rather than letting it shape you.

It's not arrogant to know who you are. It's powerful. And I am powerful.

It's because you finally let yourself be you. The you I know you are. The you who has something to say and finds her own way to say it. Not loud, but determined to be heard.»

Together, we'll set the world on fire.

This is a step forward. You don't need to tolerate people people who don't respect you. And you don't need to speak with everyone who has a grievance. You aren't Queen Daleina. You Queen Cajara, and you'll do things your way.

This is a step forward. You don't need to tolerate people who don't respect you. And you don't need to speak with everyone who has a grievance. You aren't Queen Daleina. You Queen Cajara, and you'll do things your way.

Dry your tears, Queenie. Only one thing world cares less about than a black man's tears, that a black woman's. You be dead soon anyway. You not half as tough as you think you are.

By the time I turned 18, I moved into a little chalet of my own and felt very grown-up.

Kids are super-independent. This is the time when you don't need your parents for a story anymore. You have a great degree of agency and independence.

You have been an apprentice long enough; it is now time to shed your protective skin. Trust!

Strength on its own in a woman is quite abrasive and not terribly attractive all the time.

Crowdfunding as an idea itself isn't new - bands have been doing it since the dawn of time.

To the girls that gave me a hard time in high school. I want to say thank you. This is a victory for all the nerds out there.

It's time to stop letting your history control your destiny.

I believe 2016 is the Year of the Woman and now more than ever, it is our time to accomplish anything and everything.

Challenging schools to treat their students as customers with a choice, instead of inmates serving time.

I think it's about time that we represent all women on the catwalk because that is a part of fashion. The way I see it, there's no wrong way to be a woman.

It's time to get your head out of the dumps and your legs in the air!

Being called gorgeous is not a bad thing! But at the same time, I don't want to thrive on people's opinions of me.

Take the time to discover how African-Americans have had a great impact on this country. In science, education, literature, art, and politics.

Every time you suppress some part of yourself or allow others to play you small, you are in essence ignoring the owner's manual your creator gave you and destroying your design.

Through the right people focusing on the right things, we can, in time, get on top of a lot if not most of the problems of this world. And that's what a number of us are trying to do.

Only baptize them if you truly believe these people are ready, taking a little more time if necessary so the Holy Ghost can strengthen them a little more.