Quotes About Empowerment

If I can become U.P. chief minister, then I think a day will surely come when the dreams of our people will come true.

Women have the right to say: this is surface, this falsifies reality, this degrades.

I admit that when challenging times first surface, it's not first instinct to do a happy dance. But when you take time to pause and add insight to injury, you will immediately start to feel empowered to make those majorly needed life shifts.

People like to watch surfing, but maybe the girls get the wrong kind of promotion and the wrong kind of press. I might be called a feminist for saying it, but it's like the girls are promoted sexually rather than what they're achieving.

I'm not a plastic surgeon, and I cannot change the DNA of a person, but when I see a woman try on my clothes and she feels beautiful, I know I am doing my job.

I'm not having plastic surgery.

I'm interested in how we can change the nature of what's appealing in women so that all this nonsense about how we look, this obsession with Botox, dieting and cosmetic surgery, will just go away.

I think for women especially, you need to have a plan. I need to have some other ways to generate income, so I don't have to stretch my face or lift the top of my head with surgery or something.

I don't want plastic surgery or fillers or Botox.

If you want to have plastic surgery or cosmetic surgery, live it up; go ahead and have it. But if you don't want to have it, don't have it.

I don't have anything to hide. And for the record, I am not against plastic surgery. I believe that any woman that wants to do anything or fix anything that bothers her - if she's doing it for herself - I'm all for it.

I have a call to speak, to write, to do sort of deep-heart surgery in people's lives.

I want to be the only American actress who doesn't do any plastic surgery or anything. I think older faces are great.

I have experienced ageism and sexism. In my 20s, I was told by a camera lighting man I needed plastic surgery. In my 30s I was constantly told I needed to lose weight.

I say if a woman wants to get plastic surgery, go for it.

Me and most of my girlfriends have said that we would never have a boob job, but we all said that we might have a boob lift. That doesn't sound so surgical, does it?

The day has to come when it's not a surprise that a woman has a powerful position.

That always catches you by surprise, you know, the amount of inspiration, should you choose to, that you can give to people.

Our discomfort with female leadership runs deep. We call little girls bossy. We never really call little boys bossy, because a boy is expected to lead, so it doesn't surprise or offend.

It isn't as much of a surprise any more to see a woman's name in the credits as director.

I can be a lady - surprise!

My advice is don't keep asking yourself if you can do something. Just get out there and do it. You can really surprise yourself.

In books by women and for women, it should come as no surprise that heroines are the heroes of the action, finding themselves, their power and their future through love.

I've always believed in speaking my mind, and I think the technology has made it more prominent. Even a common man's voice is heard prominently now, much to the chagrin and surprise of politicians. They aren't used to that.