Quotes About Empowerment

Rather than think of it as somewhere to run from, the Bronx is somewhere to invest.

As a doctor, when I was minister of health and would go somewhere, little girls would come up to me and say, 'I want to be like you one day, I want to be a doctor.' Now, they tell me, 'I want to be president just like you.' All of us can dream as big as we want.

If you don't believe in yourself, somewhere or another, you sabotage yourself.

I think I was a feminist before being born. I had a feminist chromosome somewhere.

Things have become considerably better for men of colour since I was born. But I'd say that we'll be really getting somewhere when things get better for women of colour.

Kids need somewhere to go, so they're not bored on the street.

'HEAVN' is about black girlhood, about Chicago, about the people we miss who have gone on to prepare a place for us somewhere else, about the city/world we aspire to live in. I hope this album encourages listeners to love themselves and love each other.

If you don't know where to find self-love, you're going to spend the rest of your life trying to find it somewhere else.

It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'

The ADA gave more than 50 million Americans with disabilities, just like my son Cole, the chance to live the American Dream and be defined only by their potential - not their limitations.

Learn to see yourself as Heavenly Father sees you - as His precious daughter or son with divine potential.

I took my son's name. I didn't take my husband's name.

We do see Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and Chow Yun Fat, but it's very rare to see the Chinese male actor in Hollywood movies, which is something I take great umbrage with. You know, my son is Asian. He may want to direct one day; he may want to be an actor like his father - and I want that to be open to him.

My son don't have to say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud. He don't have to be called those crazy names.

I'm Bob's son. He's my inspiration. What can I give back to the community?

No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.

If I'm going to be a caged bird, I'll sing the best song I can.

I don't know any other lifestyle. I get up in the morning and I really do feel that the world is my oyster, and I start that way, the same as I would if I were preparing to write a song: put a blank piece of paper up on the piano and you go for it.

When you, like if you sing a song and it gets into your brain that it becomes, it repeats and repeats like an affirmation so I find that quite empowering and quite important to keep my positive attitude to life.

We really do believe that we can improve the world, one song at a time.

I wanted my first song to have a good meaning to it and to help a lot of people just to be more confident about themselves.

There's so much about Dolly Parton that every female artist should look to, whether it's reading her quotes or reading her interviews or going to one of her live shows. She's been such an amazing example to every female songwriter out there.

We got a Grammy for writing 'No Scrubs.' It contributed to me getting Songwriter of the Year. I was the first woman to get Songwriter of the Year from ASCAP and 'No Scrubs' was part of the reason for me getting it.

Why can't we actually sing and get respected as good singers and songwriters without having our boobs and butt hanging out?