Quotes About Empowerment

The marriage of computing and connectivity without the shackles of being tethered to a location is one of the biggest disruptive forces of modern times.

The modern world is about knowledge and it's our job as mums to help our daughters.

Although my early equipment was very modest, later I made my own and they were more powerful.

Wearing modest clothing is a belief, and I'm not going to say that every Muslim woman is in my shoes, but the majority of us do have a choice.

What I value is that I have been able to do some modest work to help women rise to the level of their potential.

I would love more stories with strong characters of color who don't always fit the mold that Hollywood has created in the past.

Sometimes you have to change the mold. If people keep following the same Hollywood mold, you're going to get the same thing. And as a Black actress, there's not a whole lot out there for us, unless we're creating it.

I have so many single girlfriends who fit themselves into the mold of what they think a guy's looking for. But being comfortable around men is about being comfortable with yourself. They gravitate toward confidence. Really, that is what they want to be around.

You should never be put into a mold based on your gender.

It's great to watch people come up and help mold their careers. I really took it literal when Kanye said, 'Listen to the kids, bruh.' That really means something.

I was able to be influential and create a mold. There was no one else who was shaped like me or looked like me.

I became a mom at 37 and having a child has been an emancipation for me.

My mom and grandma have made clothes their whole life. My grandma had her own factory.

My mom really instilled in me that I'm beautiful and I can do anything, and I echo that now with my own girls.

First and foremost, it's my mom and dad who gave me the foundation, the belief in me that I could do anything.

We once were at a time in our lives when we felt our vote did not matter, and that came from conversations with people who felt the same way. But our vote really does count. We all sat down together, talked with our mom and dad, and you can't get to the point that it doesn't matter.

The moment you feel yourself hesitate on something you know you should do, count 5-4-3-2-1 to activate your prefrontal cortex and interrupt the habit of overthinking, self-doubt, and fear.

Being a mom's so empowering and incredible. I'm one of those people who believes that life brings things to you at a certain time for a certain reason, and if you just go with it, that's where the best moments come from.

I had one of those light bulb 'a ha' moments while screening 'Good Will Hunting' in Camp David in 1998 - Madeleine Albright and the Clintons were there, and I just became really inspired by all of these amazing people. I left the screening asking myself what I could do.

This is how God made me, and this is what my momma gave me. I am proud of this.

No one can beat Momma. She made me the person I am today - the way I think and act and move and talk and speak. It's all because of her.

Momma's girls are different. They are intense.

Me and my momma getting together on this foundation for battered women.

I don't want my daughters to grow up the way that I grew up. I want them to actually see Mommy in a fulfilled relationship that's amazing for her.