Quotes About Empowerment

The idea of women having a complete hold on their lives is still alien in a lot of places. So, it is important that we keep telling such stories where women are shown both physically and mentally powerful.

You can be feminine and wear heels, dresses, and makeup, and still be a powerful woman - physically, mentally, emotionally.

Mentally and physically, I feel stronger each year.

The Constitution did not mention women when it was first written, and it still doesn't.

I am my own mentor. I like to listen to myself to improve.

When I mentor girls, I'll go around the room and ask them what they want to be or do. I've heard so many kids say, 'I don't want to be anything,' which is really shocking, but it's because no one has sat down and asked them.

Hillary Clinton was a hugely important mentor for me. I don't talk to her every day, but sometimes mentorship means being able to watch somebody's leadership from afar.

Most of my job and most of what I do is to mentor people. There are a lot of people I work with that I don't have investments in.

I want to dip my foot in some acting. And most definitely want to mentor upcoming artists and give them the wisdom that was given to me.

I caught the mentorship bug when I was Miss California U.S.A. and volunteered to mentor for a brand new program called 'Who's Your Hero.' I literally fell in love with the impact it all has, not only on the girls but on myself - giving back is such a powerful thing.

I always jump at the chance to mentor kids when it comes to music.

Sheryl Sandberg was a mentor and a champion for me, and she saw something in me that I didn't see in myself.

I am very much interested in getting parents to read to children, and trying to get people mentoring children. If I can do both I'll be happy.

Mentoring is about listening to people, helping them go over what the issues are and how to clarify ways to deal with any problems that may arise.

Mentoring is an interesting job.

You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.

You need mentors, people with that desire to support women and the vision to have more. We have that in Anglo American in a big way.

During my training in pediatrics, I benefited from the talent and wisdom of women mentors.

If you don't have a seat at the table, you're on the menu.

As a model, I am at the mercy of everybody else. It's much more of a situation where I go to work, put the clothes on, get in front of the camera, and then go home. But in that process, I never really have control over any of it.

'The Little Mermaid' changed my life.

The best thing I have is the knife from Fatal Attraction. I hung it in my kitchen. It's my way of saying, Don't mess with me.

When I was growing up, there were times I had to compete against boys in tae kwon do, and I'd show them right away that I wasn't someone to mess with.

I did a lot of little girl groups here and there just to get more comfortable on stage. When you're in girl groups, it's a lot different because if you mess up, there's someone on stage to back you up, and finally I got to a point where I knew I could do it on my own.