Quotes About Empowerment

I suddenly wondered if he thought that I was powerless, and then I realized that I was powerless.

Although I do not like anyone intervening on my behalf, especially a man, I would have been very happy if Malloy had told Rodriguez to go fuck himself.

We're detectives . . . We can do anything we want.

I think that you have to do everything you can do to empower girls when they are young, from their education, to their successful independence, to their sexual self-knowledge.

There are many people who do not know what some of the colored women did during the war. There were hundreds of them who assisted the Union soldiers by hiding them and helping them to escape.

Dare to be as physically robust and varied as you always were.

Tune In to What Turns You On. "This is often very poignant," says Karen, "because a lot of women say, 'I don't know.' It is very frightening for them. They don't know if they care about anything.

Stop Listening to Others.

Suzanne Braun Levine

She felt like a real bitch. But that was a good thing. Bitch was a good word. Women who were aggressive and strong were tagged as bitches. She should buy herself a T-shirt that read "Proud to be called a bitch.

Dare, dream, dance, smile, and sing loudly! And have faith that love is an unstoppable force!

When I was growing up, Lieutenant Uhura was a major role model for me, a strong black woman on the bridge of a starship… -In a miniskirt, answering the interplanetary telephone?

Look, if you wanted to be babied you should have asked Peeta.

Remember, girl on fire," he says, "I'm still betting on you.

Only I keep wishing I could think of a way...to show the Capitol they don't own me. That I'm more than just a piece in their Games.

As long as you can find yourself, you'll never starve.

Nothing you can take from me was ever worth keeping.

I'm going to be the Mockingjay.

Please feel free to take this personally.

I don't want to cry. Everyone will make note of my tears and I'll be marked as an easy target. A weakling. I will give no one that satisfaction.

They don't own me. If I'm gonna die, I wanna still be me.

Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack. (Katness in The Hunger Games)

We could do it, you know.

They can fatten me up. They can give me a full body polish, dress me up, and make me beautiful again. They can design dream weapons that come to life in my hands, but they will never again brainwash me into the necessity of using them. I no longer feel allegiance to these monsters called human beings, despite being one myself.