Quotes About Empowerment

People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb.

The sad truth is that the civil rights movement cannot be reborn until we identify the causes of black suffering, some of them self-inflicted. Why can't black leaders organize rallies around responsible sexuality, birth within marriage, parents reading to their children and students staying in school and doing homework?

The truth is, the NFL will never respect women and their opinions as long as the media it answers to doesn't. I'm ready when you are, Fox.

When I did 'Sex and the City,' it was like, 'Let's do a comedy where the humor is not coming from innuendo but from the a truthful place. This is a show where we're going to be able to say and do what we want.'

No one's ever really given me any style advice. I wear what I want, and it doesn't matter what other people think.

True strength lies in our knowing, individually, what we are, who we are, and what we want.

What kind of influence do you want to have? What kind of effect do you want to have on other people? Never mistake the power of influence.

It never seems to occur to anybody that some women may not want to find husbands.

Black culture is a fight. We want to hold on to what we are, but sometimes the things that we are can be totally negative. You have to think: can't we try something new and not be seen as suspect?

After all you've put me through, you would think I despise you, but in the end I want to thank you because you made me that much stronger.

We are all capable of achieving whatever we want and need.

Life is full of opportunities to feel exactly the way you want to feel.

If somebody wants to have plastic surgery, more power to them. I think there's a point where you go overboard.

When I was a kid, my father told me every day, 'You're the most wonderful boy in the world, and you can do anything you want to.'

All my friends were in the park smoking weed and getting pregnant. I didn't want to be the young black girl having a baby, a baby's father, being on welfare. That wasn't going to be my story.

You have exactly the right amount of smarts to accomplish all that you need and want to do while you're here on earth. It's all perfect...and so are you!

Don't ask me how to burn down a building. Ask me how to grow watermelons or how to explain nature to a child. That is what I want to grow old doing. Please afford me this.

Yoga is not about touching your toes. It's about unlocking your ideas about what you want, where you think you can go, and how you will achieve it when you get there.

The secret to making your holiday inspiring is actually quite simple. Be inspiring yourself. As with any change, you must be the change you want to see in others.

A #GIRLBOSS is in charge of her own life. She gets what she wants because she works for it.

There are actresses who build themselves, and then there are actresses who are built by others. I want to build myself.

I am not inspired by helping you find Chinese food at 2am in Dallas, or swipe right to get laid. I want to use tech and data to make the world a better place.

Be yourself, find out what you love, find out what you really want to do, and go do it. And don't depend on people who don't have your best interests at heart.

When you say that I have followers, let me assure you that I do not want followers, nor would I ever encourage the idea of following.