Quotes About Empowerment

No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.

America won't be saved because one or 10 people stand up. It will be saved because millions of us stand up.

Trying to give an individual a voice has always kind of been my mission in my life. As an actor, I've always seen that was something that needed to be done. You need to find that voice inside of you so that you can stand up and be who you really are.

I grew up with three younger brothers, so it was always 'compete against your brothers.' I've always had to stand up for myself. I love that. I love proving myself, that women can be just as good as men.

I'm going to stand up for what I need to do, not what everybody else wants me to do.

Part of this whole Sleater-Kinney 2.0 is breaking the rules. We wanted to tell our story... we feel like we need to stand up for ourselves.

The person I've worked with most is Morena Baccarin, and from her, I've learned to stand up for your character.

It's really important for us as a band, that when someone is giving us grief on stage, to show our fans how important it is that they stand up for themselves and that they feel confident in themselves.

I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.

There are not enough female VCs in an industry so traditionally dominated by males. There are not enough female mentors who are actively engaged with female founders. We need women VCs and entrepreneurs to stand up, get loud, and help guide their peers.

I have - and always will - stand up against efforts to limit a woman's right to choose.

I will stand up for a girl who is being harassed or bullied for choosing to wear revealing clothes. I will stand up for that!

We all have to stand up and fight alongside American women to make sure that they have the freedom to control their own futures.

As a human being, I do feel like it's my right to be able to stand up for and speak on whatever I want.

As an only child, you've got to stand up for yourself.

My mother ran the household. In grade school, I came home crying one day. She said, 'What's wrong?' and I said, 'This kid said he was going to jump on me.' She grabbed me and slammed me on the floor. 'If you don't go out there and stand up for yourself, it's going to be me and you.' I didn't want that to happen.

A brand is only going to want to be more inclusive if they feel like it's going to be good for business as well as making the consumer feel good - so we have to encourage people to do that. Consumers have to stand up and say, 'I have power: my pound or dollar is how I vote.'

When women apply for a job, we ask ourselves, 'Am I qualified? Do I have the experience? Do I have the education? Do I have the abilities?' When a man looks at that job, he thinks, 'How much does it pay?' We need to stop second-guessing our abilities. We need to stand up and make ourselves heard.

See, 'Bad and Boujee' was really a ladies' record. It made all of them want to stand up a little more and feel a little better about themselves.

God has allowed me through the BSB to minister in a positive way, encouraging people to stand up for what they believe.

I'm so glad that we have had so many consequential rallies and parades which have now educated people and made them stand up for the third gender and give them the absolute place in our society that they deserve. There should have never been a division in the first place, though.

It's a very hard goal. But, what I want is to tell people who are getting bullied to stand up to the bully and not let it be OK - tell a teacher, the principal, or your parents. I want people to stand up and to be confident.

You should always stand up for yourself.

You always have to stand up for yourself.