Quotes About Empowerment

As a filmgoer and a filmmaker, I want to participate and tell stories of woman and man that will move us forward.

Everyone should be allowed to participate in sport, because it helps you to become more confident. That is important for women in India, because we are not always treated as equals.

Democracy is something you have to participate in.

It's interesting when women direct. The work is better. They ask more people to participate.

We need to encourage people to speak up, to speak out, because the more people who participate in our democracy, the more our democracy grows.

Democracy is stronger, is better, is more robust when people participate. We should want to encourage that.

I see something that I don't like, I prefer not to participate and say, 'Look, I'll leave you to it, I wish you the best, a lot of luck and I support you, but I don't want to be there.'

I'm always trying to invite citizens to participate in the process of public decision-making.

If Black and African-Americans could participate in our economy at the same level that others do, it'd be a boost to GDP growth.

We must find ways to encourage more professional women to participate in politics.

Whenever the national para-athletic games are held, information does not reach the athletes. Whether the physically-challenged athletes participate or not, is a different question. But, we should be informed at least by emails.

Participating in Miss India was a paradigm shift and I had a blast.

In schools, churches and local communities, Americans are participating in their democracy by getting others to as well.

There are so many things I'm so proud of: if we're talking just in-ring stuff, participating in the first-ever women's royal rumble. I was so grateful to be a part of history. I never thought there would be an all-women's royal rumble.

I don't have a problem participating with the youth because the youth are our future.

Participation, I think, or one of the best methods of educating.

We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation.

There's no doubt about it that my participation in sports allowed me to compete in the business world in a very gender-neutral way.

The only part of my mother's experience that still gets to me is the way she and people like her were looked down upon for asking America to be America, for asking for full and equal participation in our democracy.

Our democracy relies on participation, and we've never done better by excluding folks.

Equal pay for equal work isn't, 'Here, I'll give this to you.' It's confidence, it's participation.

I hope that I inspire women to believe in themselves, no matter where they come from; no matter what education they have; what particular background they originate from.

The Miss America Organization's philanthropic arm is particularly appealing to me, as I have made it my mission to give back in ways that empower women and celebrate diversity.

We need to find ways to elevate the expectations, particularly of those individuals who may start off on a lower socioeconomic rung, who might be seen as disadvantaged. But, you know, the reason I say be seen as disadvantaged, it's because life is so short, and there's so much that can change.