Quotes About Empowerment

The reason why I am proud of my part in the punk movement is that I think it really did implant a message that was already there. The hippies told it to me, but punk made it something cool for people to stand up for, which is that we do not believe government, that we are against government.

Learn that you can stand up for who you are, stand up for your heritage and be proud.

I learned to love who I am despite what anyone would say about or to me. This gave me the courage to really stand up to anyone or any obstacle in my life.

To stand up to GamerGate, that's my choice. I can't make that choice for the women I work with.

We should stand up for those who can't protect themselves. Support kids and families who can't support themselves.

It is important to stand up to bullies.

Looking back on humanity's battle with pollution, history has been made by thousands of ordinary people who one day say, 'No. I'm not satisfied. I don't want to wait, and I don't want to pass the buck. I want to stand up and do something. I want to do it here, and I want do to it now.'

Nobody in Africa loves to be a beggar or a recipient of aid. Everywhere I go in Africa, people say, 'When are we going to stand up on our feet?'

We adults need to stand up for our kids.

You just have to be able to stand up for yourself. And that's OK.

Someone has to stand up and speak for the freedoms of the little guy.

I can stand up for myself.

I am crushing so hard on Amy Schumer. Women like her who have chosen to stand up for themselves and face the bullies are being so embraced.

I believe whatever has to happen will happen - you just need to stand up for yourself.

It doesn't matter if you are a man or woman; you need to stand up for yourself. If you have been abused, you deserve justice.

I learned to stand up for myself at school where I was never too popular.

I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself.

For free-speech principles to be reinforced and free-market ideas to win the day, more people are going to have to stand up and be heard.

We'll try to include Iraqi officers in our staffs. We will do everything we can to empower Iraqi security forces to stand up on their own and operate where they can alone.

As I said, if you don't stand up for yourself, people aren't going to think that you can stand up for them.

When you feel powerful, you are willing to stand up for your rights, you are willing to stand up for what you believe in, you're more willing to stand up and be counted.

And my approach has always been to stand up and speak out on behalf of the economic rights of people.

I realized that I've lived half my life already, and it's time to believe in - and stand up for - myself.

The direction is going the right way for respect for aboriginal people in North America, and all we can do is stand up and say, 'Please do it faster.'