Quotes About Empowerment

Oh who owns the school? Oh who owns the school? Oh who owns the school? the people saaaayyyy. . . . Oh we own the school Oh we own the school 'Cause we are sixth graaaaders today!

She said, "I must—I must—I must increase my bust." She said it over and over. We copied her movements and chanted with her. "We must—we must—we must increase our bust!

So what if she ordered an ice cream soda before lunch? Who was going to tell her she couldn't have exactly what she wanted?

For the rest of her life, every lovers' quarrel would remind Vix of this night, this night when anger crackled in the air. She vowed then and there no guy would ever make her feel that bad.

She said she didn't know it herself until that afternoon when her mother took her to the beauty parlor and had a private talk with Mr. Anthony. Then Mr. Anthony started clipping away and next thing she knew—she had this new haircut. She looked like an elf. It did a lot for her.

like my mother, like the ranchwomen who peopled my childhood, I would not spout ideology or argue theory. Strong women roared in silence. We roared by doing.

Once I knew that I wanted to be an artist, I had made myself into one. I did not understand that wanting doesn't always lead to action. Many of the women had been raised without the sense that they could mold and shape their own lives, and so, wanting to be an artist (but without the ability to realize their wants) was, for some of them, only an idle fantasy, like wanting to go to the moon.

Historically, women have either been excluded from the process of creating the definitions of what is considered art or allowed to participate only if we accept and work within existing mainstream designations. If women have no real role as women in the process of defining art, then we are essentially prevented from helping to shape cultural symbols.

your opinion of me is none of my business.

Turn your face to me Turn your gaze and see All the pain surrounding you Every song you hear With a heart sincere Brings a chance for you to do Something more Than Be Alone Something more Than Be Unknown Be the one who does More than she who was Be alive in joy and hope Be the one who does More than she who was Be alive in joy and hope

Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace, and power in it.

always remember that your Censor's negative opinions are not the truth.

Each one of us should have much of the written Word resident within us through our "devotional" relationship to the Word of God. Then we can be quickened by the Holy Spirit to speak the Word of the Lord to those who are needy, at the time of their need. This is a practical "ministry" that often is not recognized.

Counterracism was never an option.

Elijah made it clear that"the Nation can rise no higher than its woman."According to Elijah, if there was anything worth dying over, was the effort to protect and defend the Black Woman: 11. WE BELIEVE our women should be respected and protected as the women of other nationalities are respected and protected.

and bear in mind that the only way in which you can assist the world in growing rich is by growing rich yourself through the creative method—not the competitive one.

You can never become a great man or woman until you have overcome anxiety, worry, and fear.

Get rid of the idea that God wants you to sacrifice yourself for others, and that you can secure his favor by doing so; God requires nothing of the kind. What he wants is that you should make the most of yourself, for yourself, and for others; and you can help others more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.

If you are not in an environment where there is scope for your best powers and talents you can move in due time; but meanwhile you can be great where you are. Lincoln was as great when he was a backwoods lawyer as when he was President; as a backwoods lawyer he did common things in a great way, and that made him President. Had he waited until he reached Washington to begin to be

Do not give your creative impulse to Original Substance, and then sit down and wait for results; if you do, you will never get them. Act now. There is never any time but now, and there never will be any time but now. If you are ever to begin to make ready for the reception of what you want, you must begin now.

you can render to God and humanity no greater service than to make the most of yourself.

Yo puedo tener éxito! Todo lo que es posible a cualquiera es posible para mí. SOY EXITOSO. Tengo éxito, porque estoy lleno del poder del éxito.

The very best thing you can do for the world is make the most of yourself

It is true that existing governments keep the masses in poverty, but this is because the masses do not think and act in a certain way. If the masses began to move forward