Quotes About Empowerment

I don't have to be what you want me to be.

Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.

I don't want to name my fandom, I want them to name themselves. If I'm cool with it, I'm cool with it.

I want to be an old lady, with my cane, shouting, 'Action!' and 'Cut!'

Even at my lowest point, when I've wanted to give up, I know that I have to believe in myself because I'm all that I have.

Make more than the guys you thought you wanted to be with.

I wanted to set the standard, do the best job possible so that other people would be comfortable with African-Americans flying in space and African-Americans would be proud of being participants in the space program.

When I first posted pictures of me braless, there were so many different reactions. I could have been frightened and hide, but I didn't. I wanted people's prejudices to disappear.

My dad has always been extremely supportive in every decision I've made and much more interested in me picking what I wanted to do.

I wanted to have a free life.

I wanted to become me, totally me. The more me, the better. I instinctively knew this and I was right.

'9 to 5 the Musical' is perfect for anyone that's ever wanted to string up their boss, which is almost all of us.

I've always kind of just had a big personality and a voice that I wanted heard.

I joined Planned Parenthood because I wanted to help poor women with real health care needs.

I was the good Bond girl, but I wanted to have the dresses and the high heels. I wanted the funky, sexy name.

I didn't want to just be an analyst for women's basketball and volleyball. I didn't just want to be a sideline reporter. I didn't just want to be a host. I wanted to be someone that my producers or coordinating producers could call on me for any event, any subject matter or any role.

That's what I wanted 'Pirate Jenny' to be: a queer, revolutionary fairy tale for the people that I love.

I've always known what I wanted for myself. I was 10 years old when I said nobody is going to be the boss of me. And I shocked a lot of people with that statement. I mean, I can barely listen to my own mother - how am I going to have a boss, you know?

I liked my skirts short because I wanted to run and catch the bus to get to work.

I just kind of lived my life naturally and did what I wanted to do.

I wanted to normalize the whole fitness world - it can be really intimidating stepping into it.

But that was our thing from day one: to make Paper Route Empire strong. That's why I never wanted to sign to no label.

The Weizmann Institute showed me respect and didn't require many administrative tasks, so I was quite independent. I did what I wanted.

It took a long while for me to know that I'm beautiful. I remember going through this phase when I was younger of wanting to pass by mirrors and not look at them. That was so ridiculous. I've learned now that beauty starts from within.