Quotes About Empowerment

You must take control of events before they take control of you...If you don't do what you can for yourself, no one else will.

our society should do whatever is necessary to make sure that everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed."74 Education generally is viewed as a "key ingredient in equality of opportunity

Does rejecting feminism mean rejecting women's equality? No, because that's not what feminism is about. Rejecting feminism means recognizing that women don't need feminism to make them equal to men because they already are equal--just not the same.

Men know women are powerful, and we don't mind that one bit. It empowers us that you're empowered," writes clinical psychiatrist Paul Dobransky, M.D. "Unless, that is, you disempower us in order to feel empowered."3

there has never been a better time for women to have it all. A feminist or left-wing approach to life will not help women achieve this goal. A conservative approach will.

A crap upbringing doesn't make someone weak, it makes them strong or how else could they get through it.

I fucking matter," she tells Cas, her cheeks growing pink. "He has no right to tell me I don't.

Girls need to protect each other, especially when adults do nothing but watch.

Forgiveness is voluntary. There should be no "have to" about it.

I control my fear with love..." -Audrey

Here is what is important: As women we need to support one another, not tear each other down. Let's lift each other up.

In order to create lasting security you must learn to stand in your truth.

Many people are in the dark when it comes to money, and I'm going to turn on the lights.

Money is such an amazing teacher: What you choose to do with your money shows whether you are truly powerful or powerless.

We women know how to take care of everybody so well. But the one person we have written out of the equation is us.

Rather than saying, 'My checking account is a wreck ' change it to 'I will learn how to track my spending and balance my checkbook.'

If you cannot pick yourself up, if you cannot start taking action right now, then who is going to do it for you?

You have the power to make the right and honest decisions about how you handle your money.

Women don't say what they think, and they don't do what they feel.

Everything is possible if you believe in yourself. Before you start down the road of negative thoughts, slam on the brakes.

But let me ask you this: Where does blame get you? Blame renders you powerless. You must get past blame to become who you are meant to be. And what does shame do to you? Shame only serves to hold you back... It is fine to understand how we got here, but the next breath must contain a resolve to move ahead into a future that looks entirely different, into a destiny that is all yours.

Once you learn to respect your right to be fully valued, you will find it easy and natural to ask the world around you to respect that value. You set your price and the world will meet it. When you walk through the world feeling you are "more than" rather than "less than," more will come to you. No one ever achieved financial security by being weak and scared. Confidence is contagious; it will bring more into your life.

You are responsible for valuing yourself and stating that value to the world. This holds equally true for employees of companies large and small as well as artists and stay-at-home moms.

When you value yourself enough to reject a bad situation, you are being powerful, and that power will motivate you to find a better job.