Quotes About Empowerment

I started as a mommy blogger, and it's been really great.

It benefits my girls to see a mommy who is living her dream.

Moms, you are the first and most influential role model in your girl's life. Use that power.

Yes, there have been women in comedy. Moms Mabley was one of the earliest. She was an African American comedian; she often dressed up as an older, disheveled woman.

Moms can be fresh, fly and young, and that's the kind of mom I want to be.

I've been so fortunate to work with so many successful women who are moms as well.

I love football, but I also want to give back. I want to take care of kids and single moms, so it's not only about playing football. I want my life to matter in that way.

Playmates are moms, too.

Elizabeth I was my favourite monarch though, what an inspiration, she did great things for women.

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

Development of Kendrapada is now my responsibility. I will personally monitor development of the district.

I'm like the Shaolin monk, the counselor in the clubhouse.

The first movie I ever saw was a blaxploitation movie. It was called 'Monkey Hustle.' Like I said, just listen to the name. That's a blaxploitation movie. It had these incredible, bigger-than-life images of people who looked like I did. Or who looked like I wanted to look like.

I love curvy women. Maybe because I'm not. I would love to be a Marilyn Monroe, but I'm very far away from that... So I love very curvy girls.

I have never been a Marilyn Monroe wannabe. I have always been happy in my own skin!

When I walk into a video arcade filled with 16- or 17-year-old boys, I may as well be Marilyn Monroe.

I like being girly. I used to wear jeans all the time and tracksuit bottoms but then I was like, really all I want to be like is Marilyn Monroe so why am I wearing these?

The month of September is Women in Jazz, so I'm doing jazz there in September. I'm in for the duration.

Once a month, I get together with my girlfriends and we usually check into a hotel or go to someone else's house. We can talk for 15 hours, and it just flies by.

I advocate that every woman be a part of a circle, and a circle that meets at least once a month, or if you can't do that, once every two months or every four months.

When I say there should not be a BET channel or a Black History Month, I'm saying we deserve more. I just hope people understand that I'm not judging; I'm coming from experience.

The #MeToo campaign is monumental. It is giving a voice to so many too scared to speak out before.

If I am in a certain mood, and I want to feel a certain way, I will pop on a certain color of lipstick, and it makes me feel entirely different.

Kenya Moore is everything to me. She's everything.