Quotes About Empowerment

One of the most compelling arguments for encouraging the education of girls, particularly in developing countries, is this: Education enables jobs, jobs are a source of economic growth, and economic growth is a key to development and stability.

I'm very happy with my decision to go sober. It's helped my life. It's helped my mental stability.

I was lucky I had a mom who had seen it all. From seeing my grandfather march in the Civil Rights era, she understood the depth, character, and stability you need to go through racism. She taught me not to accept it to but deal with it and be better than it.

Middle-income countries need to attend to the education of their poorest people to build their economies and ensure long-term stability.

I still don't want no broke dude! I'm open to offers, but he's got to be stable. I see a lot of friends who feel they have to be with a man, but they always pick the wrong one. Are there any right ones?

I felt like a lot of odds were stacked against me to begin with, be it financial, racial, class, gender.

I aspire to be a role model for women to pursue their dreams no matter what odds are stacked against them.

I also often hear people say that the deck is stacked against them because of racism, sexism, or other oppressive 'isms.' But once you let go of the blame and excuses, you'll see that you can alter your position on your own.

The odds are stacked heavily against women in politics. They are up against strong, entrenched and largely patriarchal lobbies in political parties.

Let's build women's football from the bottom before we get to the top; it's not about building from the top to get to the bottom. We can talk about the Etihad and Man United's ground, the Theatre of Dreams, in a few years' time. Let's fill the Academy Stadiums, the Kingsmeadows, first of all.

I had to delegate authority to the people on my staff. That means you shave away the hierarchy.

One of the management imperatives in the '90s is managing diversity. Whatever the organization, when the constituents of that organization look at the board and management staff, they need to find themselves.

I have a wonderful, diverse, and young staff at the AAPF who pretty much work around the clock trying to figure out how we promote the idea that social justice requires us to be intersectional in our thinking and in our scope of vision.

Once you have set the goal, give your staff the space to get there. If you micromanage, you will be able to do very little.

I think when you have strong leadership at the coaching level and you empower the coach and the coaching staff, you have a lot more stability.

If you look at your companies, and half of your staff are not female, and a decent percentage of them are not people of color, then you are part of the problem because you need people working for you and you need people in positions of leadership who can exercise their bias and who can exercise their perspective.

Sure, I'm hyperactive. I make my staff a bit hyper, too, but motivating someone else is what gives me a buzz.

Best to give Chief of Staff John Kelly a clean slate and the ability to build his own team.

I value my staff and I believe in hiring people who are smarter than myself.

Own the stage, command the stage, and don't be afraid to be the best you can be.

Insecure people don't stage comebacks, since they don't leave the scene.

What I really like seeing from the stage is people having their own moments, when people are doing some performance of their own.

I love Beyonce. I feel like Beyonce is the final form of a person. Like, you gotta get to your Beyonce stage in life. That's your final form as a human.

Mentors and sponsors, particularly in the early stages of my career, were invaluable to me because they encouraged me to raise my hand and take opportunities to build my capabilities.