Quotes About Empowerment

If you're an underdog, mentally disabled, physically disabled, if you don't fit in, if you're not as pretty as the others, you can still be a hero.

I would love to do Tammi Terrell's story. I love stories of the underdog coming out on top and stories of survival.

I want to show that the underdog can win. I believe we're all the same: you, a slum girl, my mother.

Jews are underdogs - not in my world, obviously, they're not.

The person I am every single day is the person that's growing and getting better. The more people look up to me, the more important it is to be concise with what message I want to leave. That's where I feel like I'm a role model. Maybe not to everyone, but for a lot of minorities, I am, and I kinda love that - the role model for the underdog.

My mother enjoyed few things more than investing in the underdogs and showing them that they were special and could achieve their dreams.

I've always been passionate about the concept of helping the underdog. It just doesn't make sense to me as to what kind of person would take a huge platform and not use it to do something, to change something, to help people.

I think I have a gene in me to always fight for the underdog, which I've done since I was a kid.

I've always taken pride in relating to the underdog or little guy or gal.

That's what independent filmmaking does: it gives the underdog a voice, a shot.

I just try to fight for the underdog, and try to fight for those who are locked out of the sunshine of opportunity.

Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.

Don't underestimate the people. Let them decide.

Safe Schools lets young people who identify as gay know that they have every right to be accepted and respected for who they are. We should never underestimate how important this message is - or the consequences of trying to shout it down.

Regular people should not underestimate people who are small. In every aspect, they can do the things that normal people can.

I think that more often than not, people underestimate me.

People underestimate the impact they can have on the process through contact with legislators. By being part of an organized group in an area that you have an interest in, you can multiply the impact of your own ideas.

As a woman, I have tried to take advantage of the extra access I have in the Muslim world: with Muslim women, for example. Many people underestimate women in that part of the world because, typically, they don't work.

Rule number one in negotiating anything with Missy is never try and run me over. Never push me, because I am a very strong woman. I'm nice, but I'm very strong. When it gets down gritty, I can get grittier. Never, ever underestimate me.

I find, at times, people underestimate me. That's really an asset.

We're really doing children a disservice when we underestimate what they're capable of.

Do not underestimate me. I believe that as a woman, a progressive, and a Minnesotan, I have a lot to contribute and I am so ready to do that work.

We should not underestimate ourselves, because if lots of individuals go together then we can accomplish almost anything.

Where the daughter sees power, the mother feels powerless. Daughters and mothers, I found, both overestimate the other's power - and underestimate their own.