Quotes About Empowerment

There is no real security except for whatever you build inside yourself.

Never let a gynecologist put anything in your nose.

To affirm is not to bear, carry, or harness oneself to that which exists, but on the contrary to unburden, unharness, and set free that which lives.

Be of service. Whether you make yourself available to a friend or co-worker, or you make time every month to do volunteer work, there is nothing that harvests more of a feeling of empowerment than being of service to someone in need.

I think she definitely has. I think, um, her and Mulder's relationship has become more equal. And, I think she has become stronger and more independent over the seasons.

I guess I would say: above anything else, stay true to yourself. Whether that means for you that you like to have blue hair, or you don't like to drink, or you are attracted to the same sex, or you want to remove yourself from Facebook, or you've got 3 different kids from 3 different dads but you know you're a really good mom, or you cry for a week because your turtle died. Whatever your truth is, stay true to yourself. But be a good person while you're at it.

When a woman becomes her own best friend, life is easier. —DIANE VON FURSTENBERG

Sometimes if you let people do things to you, you're really doing it to them.

You may be weaker than the whole world but you are always stronger than yourself.

Not only do women hold up half the sky; we do it while carrying a 500-pound purse.

There's a price to be paid when you raise your daughter to be nice, and she's not the only one who's going to pay it. You'll be right there beside her, trapped by inconvenience, inflexibility and double standards.

I'd say it's time for women to make a stand. And it's far, far easier to make a stand when you're wearing comfortable shoes.

I needed to bring my own gifts to my new home, not resist them, not sway to and fro like the tidal waters of the lagoon, but rather chart my own course through the shallows like an experienced boatman.

Since I've started fighting it has taught me a lot about self respect, self confidence and self control.

The dirt is coming for us all as we free-fall. This much I know: that eventually, we all have to start screaming well before we hit the ground, so the women below us will understand when to scatter, when to take cover, when it is safe to come back outside and try again to change the world. So that future generations will know, from the echo of our voices, never to stop watching the sky.

What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life?" Muriel Rukeyser wrote in 1968, the year of my birth. "The world would split open.

Maybe that, then, is the definition of freedom: to be neither protected by nor tethered to a man who can fix anything.

Honoring your own boundaries is the clearest message to others to honor them, too.

The next time someone tries to make you feel bad about feeling good, respond by continuing to live well.

Name the fears that are holding you back. It's the equivalent of flooding the boogeyman with light.

Treasure yourself for being, not doing.

Whether by plane, bus or carpet, own the magic in your ride.

Don't wait for a genie to grant your wishes. That power is yours.

In the changing weather of life, rather than drift with the currents or be cast about in storms, be the wind at your own back.