Quotes About Empowerment

you have a dedicated assistant, or one you share with one or two other people, great. Find one who isn't just able to handle administrative tasks, but excels at the problem-solving part of the job and sees it as his mission to advance you.

we become full people when we do things to change the world. The "problem that has no name," as Friedan called it, was that housework has never been particularly fulfilling to most people beyond the folks who decide to start their own cleaning businesses. You can dress it up all you want with fancy gadgets, but vacuuming a rug is still just vacuuming a rug … unless you imbue it with some larger purpose.

Why should I just sit around hoping it happens when maybe I can do something to make it happen?

So sometimes what takes you down can be used to raise you up again.

And while we're talking about being used and abused, you should know that there are some things you tell and some things you handle by yourself, the best you can.

By the grace of God and by keeping busy making life better for others. That is how women always get through the hard parts of life.

Close your eyes and dream a dream… and seek the courage to make it real. Reflect on the past, envision the future…embrace today with passion. Stand tall speak your truth. And soar with the strength and spirit of the wind beneath your wings.

She was tired of playing the dutiful assistant to a great man.

She would never let anyone interfere with her right to use her mind.

Laurel Parnell

Well-behaved women make history when they do the unexpected, when they create and preserve records and when later generations care.

Well behaved women seldom make history.

There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don't help them by doing the job yourself.

You can't save everybody. In fact, there are days when I think you can't save anyone. Each person has to save himself first, then you can move in and help. I have found this philosophy does not work during a gun battle, or a knife fight either. Outside of that it works just fine.

There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don't help them by doing the job yourself.

I knew from the moment I heard you, the moment I saw the gun and realized that this lovely, petit woman was the executioner, that you would never die waiting for me to save you - that you would save yourself.

You can't save everybody. In fact, there are days when I think you can't save anyone. Each person has to save himself first, then you can move in and help. I have found this philosophy does not work during a gun battle, or a knife fight either. Outside of that it works just fine.

This"I'm so over him. This is me, being over him. La,la,la.

I do it because I can.

You can do this. You are invincible; nothing can rattle you. You have nerves of steel; you are a confident, strong woman; you-

Are you ready for the cold harsh reality about the real world? It's simple. You can't say things like, "I can't," "I don't know," or "I haven't figured it out." Because

I focus on a project in the morning before scanning my inbox so that I take control of my day instead of my inbox taking control of it. The

Don't wait too long to be rescued, old lady – you might pass your sell-by date.

Don't cry over someone who wouldn't cry over you.