Quotes About Empowerment

All we hear about Africa in the West is Darfur, Zimbabwe, Congo, Somalia, as if that is all there is.

The organization I founded in 1993, Camfed (the Campaign for Female Education), was in large part inspired by the generosity shown to me by a community in a village in Zimbabwe. During my visit to Mola to research girls' exclusion from education, the people of Mola fed me, shaded me, walked and talked with me for hours each day.

We will be a state that puts hardworking Georgians - no matter their ZIP code or political preference - first.

Your zip code or your income level should not dictate your access to healthy drinking water.

Every student - no matter their family income or zip code - deserves access to an education that prepares them to lead successful careers.

The only difference between Compton and other cities is the ZIP Code, you know, and the mindset - it's just really about challenging people to take ownership of our community.

Education is important. And the difference of the zip code you grow up in or the zip code you are born in and how you turn out really isn't fair to the kids of our world.

Regardless of their parent's income or zip code, every child in Georgia deserves access to a high-quality, affordable education.

Our children... deserve to grow up in an environment where fear is not their constant companion. And I'm determined to do everything I can to make sure every kid - in every neighborhood regardless of zip code, economic status and race or ethnicity - is able to live a life of safety.

No child's future should ever be dictated by what zip code they were born in.

Regardless of zip code, talent and IQ are evenly distributed, so we need to make sure that opportunity is evenly distributed, too.

Above all, I believe every child, no matter their ZIP code or their parents' jobs, deserves access to a quality education.

The quality of your public education shouldn't be defined by your zip code.

But the good news is that out in the countryside, just about every place that's got a zip code has somebody or some group of people battling the economic and political exclusion that Wall Street and Washington are shoving down our throats.

I like a very sexy silhouette, and I like to feel like when you put something on, you zip yourself into it, and you're secure in there.

Kids born into certain ZIP codes will most likely have certain educational outcomes. And we've got to end that. If we end that, we explode economic development.

You can play women who have a face on or who zip something up, but you have to dig deeper to actually find the humanity and real aspects.

We can and will make Chicago a place where your ZIP code doesn't determine your destiny.

It should not matter what a kid's zip code is nor should it matter what their mom and dad do or in some instance don't do for a living.

The quality of a student's education should not be determined by their zip code.

I am asking that every American everywhere, in every state, in every zip code have the same opportunities and the same right to live.

I was totally picked on, but look at me now! I was definitely picked on by boys and girls. I was really lanky and skinny and the boys would say, 'Turn sideways and stick out your tongue, you look like a zipper.'

Acknowledging the unproductive thoughts and ineffective behavior that you've tried to ignore can be uncomfortable. But, stepping out of your comfort zone and choosing to proactively address bad habits will skyrocket your ability to create long-lasting change.

Just try new things. Don't be afraid. Step out of your comfort zones and soar, all right?