logo

Quotes About Empowerment

Remember that I am just a woman who is living a very abundant life. Every step I take forward is on a path paved by strong Indian women before me.
~ Wilma Mankiller
There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives.
~ Hillary Clinton
You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru
I grew up so thoroughly imbued with women's rights that it was the most important question of my life from a very early day.
~ Lucretia Mott
There is much that women can bring into politics that would make our world a kinder, gentler place for humanity to thrive in.
~ Corazon Aquino
The Finland of the 21st century can thrive only if women of learning - in common with their male counterparts - are guaranteed the opportunity to use their creative potential to the full.
~ Tarja Halonen
We as women are trained to see ourselves as cheap imitations of fashion photographs, rather than seeing fashion photographs as cheap imitations of women
~ Naomi Wolf
Had I been a man I might have explored the Poles or climbed Mount Everest, but as it was my spirit found outlet in the air. . . .
~ Amy Johnson
A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
~ Mae West
People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is strength. I'm very proud to have Latin blood.
~ Zoe Saldana
The female body is something that's so beautiful. I wish women would be proud of their bodies and not diss other women for being proud of theirs.
~ Christina Aguilera
A society can never be free without women's liberation
~ Abdullah Ocalan
Say goodbye to the age-old stereotypes of seduction. Seductive, but not a seductress, a woman wears a scent to reveal her personality.
~ Paco Rabanne
Women are not a garment you wear and undress however you like. They are honored and have their rights.
~ Umar
I don't want women to hold themselves back. I think there are too many women who are self-conscious about the way they look - the way they see themselves in the mirror.
~ Ashley Graham
We must unite. Violence against women cannot be tolerated, in any form, in any context, in any circumstance, by any political leader or by any government.
~ Ban Ki-moon
Women movements would form among the factory workers, a great mobilisation that destroyed the old models.
~ Emma Bonino
Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right to join the union of their choice.
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
In the adjustment of the new order of things, we women demand an equal voice; we shall accept nothing less.
~ Carrie Chapman Catt
There never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers.
~ Susan B. Anthony
In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits.
~ Arnold Schwarzenegger
We ought to have more women in various management positions, because women are the ones who decide almost everything in the home.
~ Ingvar Kamprad
I see other black women imitate my style, which is no style at all, but just letting our hair be itself. They call it the Afro Look.
~ Miriam Makeba
Women's liberation as a movement makes some valid points. But in the final analysis, it doesn't matter who wears the pants - as long as there's money in the pockets.
~ Ava Gardner