Quotes About Empowerment

We believe that in times like these we should turn to each other, not on each other. We believe that government has a role to play, not in solving every problem in everybody's life but in helping people help themselves to the American dream. That's what Democrats believe.

We need to allow people to bypass government... to look to themselves for solving problems rather than asking the government to do things for them.

Are we solving the world's problems by allowing women to make the first move on a dating app? No. But I do believe we are helping to change some very archaic norms.

When I dance, I go to a different side of who I am. I feel like I can solve a problem without knowing I'm solving one.

We need more women solving different problems, starting companies, and creating jobs to drive our economy and society forward.

The girls in my books are out solving their own problems.

Everybody that's on a set - from the director to the grips to the electricians - it's all about problem solving. So, as empowered as you can make everybody feel, that's really important.

Being Somali, being Muslim, it's always something I've been very proud of.

I get to say I was alive when the first Palestinian woman went to Congress. I was alive when the first Somali woman, in a hijab, who's black and Muslim - she's literally an immigrant, a refugee, black and Muslim and a woman and progressive.

What happened to me in Somalia doesn't define me.

The long-term solution in preventing another famine in Somalia is to promote self-reliance.

I've done enough running from monsters. It's time to do some chasing.

I refuse to consign the whole male sex to the nursery. I insist on believing that some men are my equals.

Some people do better on their own. I don't.

'We Are the Champions' is meant to be 'we,' as in 'all of us,' collectively, not us the band. It's a shame that some people understandably had the wrong take on that. 'No time for losers' is not the kindest line, but it's really more of a 'we all of us.' It's a celebration.

If I'm too strong for some people, that's their problem.

Be able to delegate, because there are some things that you just can't do by yourself.

I like cars. I know some things. I can change my own car and battery and change my own oil.

I do not feel that some things are masculine and others are feminine.

My mother at the age of 65 decided she was going to run for mayor. She had never run for public office, and she decided she wanted to try and do some things for the community.

It was very important to me to be with a woman who is better than me at some things. You want someone who brings new, interesting things into your life.

Not to say you should let your physicality define you, but there are some things that can make people feel really insecure. So, if there is something you want to fix that allows you to feel a little bit more confident, I support it.

I think I learned to overcome some things in life through dance.

I founded 'Point Hope' so that I could accomplish some things I wanted to do for children who had no one to advocate for them, children who had no voice. Since I have been blessed with a voice on the radio each night, I thought I would use my celebrity position and my financial resources to help these kids.