Quotes About Empowerment

Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.

There is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole - women and men alike - than the one which involves women as central players.

If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are conditions for development.

More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development.

Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community.

As study after study has taught us, there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women.

EDUCATION IS A HUMAN RIGHT WITH IMMENSE POWER TO TRANSFORM

Bilgi güçtür, bilgi özgürle?tirir.

My look, mind you, is not chocolate like Lauryn Hill, Whoopi Goldberg, or Naomi Campbell - it is pitch black and shimmering like the purple outer space of the universe. I am the charcoal that creates diamonds. I am the blackest black woman (41).

By the same token, I think it's time that we allow ourselves to experience real anger as women. And I don't mean that passive aggressive dance that we've employed for too many years. It's not real anger if it is implied or a few degrees removed, if it takes the form of whispering, or cold shoulders, or silent treatment. Real anger is what popular culture would have us be afraid of, based on the fact that it is not courteous, elegant, or feminine.

Self harm or suicide is never the answer. Don't let the haters win.

I'm proof that, even after having a baby, you can look better and sexier than ever!

I just didn't want to be a loser anymore... -Mitsuko Souma

You leave me tied up like a dog? Then you had better remember that this bitch bites!

There's no need to wait for the bad things and bullshit to be over. Change now. Love now. Live now. Don't wait for people to give you permission to live, because they won't.

We're women & we deal with it, & we do it in a way that somehow becomes a gift. Isn't it something that we can take something so painful it makes you drop to the floor & turn it into a life lesson that makes you actually glad it happened? That's what women do. We get on with it.

Yes, dammit, a good bra can change everything.

I'd much rather be greeted by a woman in a black bra who has a great story, than a man in black underwear who has no story at all.

Whatever any of them thinks about who she was, or what happened, or why people do what they do, is just absolutely fine & dandy, as long as they have a good time, do it with a kind heart, & pay homage in a respectful way to the Goddesses that have gone before them.

If women could see what is real & true & how the elegant possession of what's in each of our individual hearts is what matters more than anything.

There has to be a moment when you choose happiness, when you stand up, raise your face towards the sun, and just grab joy and put it in a place where no one can ever take it away from you.

Sisters-the ones we share last names with and the ones we choose-are the lining of every woman's soul.

Immeasurable space. Closeness. The shortest distance between two women.

You were saved when you believed in Jesus, but you were transformed when you realized He believed in you.