Quotes About Empowerment

Education should be so revolutionized as to answer the wants of the poorest villager, instead of answering those of an imperial exploiter.

We have to be the change we want in the world.

People no longer want to see themselves primarily as consumers, but as activists.

. . . the great thing to learn about life is, first, not to do what you don't want to do, and, second, to do what you do want to do.

I think self-deprecation is such a disease, and I want to cure everybody of it and so that's my contribution.

The only thing that was sort of Asian [as a role model] was Hello Kitty. I don't want to model myself after Hello Kitty. She has no mouth.

I became a comedian because I didn't want to be bullied anymore. Onstage I was safe.

Creating the world we want is a much more subtle but more powerful mode of operation than destroying the one we don't want.

The thing about 'Star Trek' is that it is not judgmental. You can do what ever you want, within reason.

Create the world you want to see.

We allow the actors to do whatever they need to do or say to accomplish the goals that they want to accomplish.

I love the fact that they [girls ]are into Superman and Green Lantern and Batman and everything, and they really do have all those toys as well, but I don't want all their role models to be men.

The whole thing is you don't want to be pigeon-holed as 'Oh, he's a guy in a wheel chair. He's very fragile. You better watch out.

I want you to be supervised, all day every day, by people who forgive your errors and believe in your destiny.

Three simple words can describe the nature of the social revolution that is talking place and what Negroes really want. They are the words "all," "now," and "here."

I think what we've done is given children a lot of things that they didn't ask for instead of what they do want.

Someone can do anything they want to you on the outside, but whatever they do to me they cannot destroy what's on my inside. Mentally that cannot be taken away from me, no matter what someone does.

I will write on the pages of history what I want them to say. I will be myself. I will speak my own name.

It's triumphant for someone to wake up to life. I feel a tremendous sense of liberation. You want to be able to use both your intuitive side and your go-get-'em side with no blame.

I have tremendous respect for women. I love them. I don't know why they want to step down.

But I am weirdly healthy, so I don't beat myself up about it—it wouldn't help, and I don't want to pass that on to my girls.

I am not a princess, I don't want to be referred to as a princess - I find that super creepy.

It's incredible what we can do if we really want to do it. All we need is to be aware of what we are doing and to return to the authenticity we were born with.

I am proud to be a normal size girl and I want to encourage everyone to be confident at any size.