Quotes About Empowerment

Is it a crime, to fight, for what is mine?

On the day when I was shot, all of my friends' faces were covered, except mine.

I believe that it is girls' human rights to go to school to be educated, minimum, until they are 18.

All industry, not just the mining industry, can get out and give Aboriginal companies a chance.

As long as God gives me the strength to still minister and create, I'll do it.

Definitely, a non-tribal can become chief minister in Jharkhand.

For me, personally, it has been humbling since I became First Minister to speak to women and girls and have them tell me how much it means to them to have a woman in the top job in politics in Scotland.

Without my ministry, I would just be Martin Luther King's daughter. You know, when people call me that, it doesn't bother me anymore. I know I am not my father. I know I am me.

My work in television is part of my ministry. My ministry is not religious at all - it's part of my life purpose of empowering women.

If more stories are told about marginalized communities, subcultures, and minorities, the less marginalized they will be.

I was doing economic development for minorities. I was getting black folks to use their dollars to help each other.

Ability to speak the majority language is not just important for inclusion; it is important for minorities to be able to claim their rights and entitlements.

All Bangladeshi citizens, including minorities and women, must feel safe and confident in exercising their right to vote.

The Internet has done so much for so many. It allows women and minorities to have access to education, training, and information that sometimes isn't available to them for whatever reason.

The DNC says they want minorities to run for office but when they actually do, we don't get the support that we need and deserve.

Don't let anyone call you a minority if you're black or Hispanic or belong to some other ethnic group. You're not less than anybody else.

I'm not a minority: I'm a majority of one. We all are. To call someone a minority, you give them baggage, of not being full, or not being seen as full. All of us need to be seen as full human beings.

Every kid, every minority kid can be so successful if they focus on their education.

I never consider myself a minority. I see people who look like me in Barbados, in Trinidad, in Haiti, in London, and in Brooklyn. So I don't know what the heck anyone means when they call me a 'minority.' There's something about that word to me. It just minimalizes people.

I think it's so important as a woman, and especially as a minority, to lift as you climb. So having people shadow you or mentoring people - that's important to me.

Being an entrepreneur isn't easy, but it's even harder for minority and women-led companies.

I feel there has to be a concerted effort that we encourage, in whichever way, more black and minority ethnic coaches to take their badges at the higher levels.

I am a super-confident writer, and as a joke writer and as an actress, I'm like, 'I want to go head-to-head with every person.' I am an Indian woman and I'm a kind of double minority in this world.

We need more leaders speaking up for minority groups who have been marginalized and attacked.