Quotes About Empowerment

The women who don't feel that people think they're sexy are the ones who seem to titillate in that way, because they don't feel like they're getting that kind of approval.

Women should not allow themselves to be caught up in the hype that says performance, meaning the motions, is what matters.

It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with.

Children, I grant, should be innocent; but when the epithet is applied to men, or women, it is but a civil term for weakness.

The truth is, that what women have to do is not work for less money. They have to walk away.

If women were as good as men they'd be a lot better!

Everything I do is going to contain the message that men who are going to be comfortable with powerful women are going to be more powerful men

Most women still need a room of their own and the only way to find it may be outside their own home.

My mother was a single mom, and most of the women I know are strong.

Thank you for the confidence put in my by the motherland and the people, for giving me this chance to represent China's millions of women by going into space.

If women really want equality, we have to wipe the slate clean. It no longer matters in the largest sense what men did to us for the last 200 or 300 years.

Half of architecture students are women, and you see respected, established female architects all the time.

If I have to produce movies, direct movies, whatever to change the way Hollywood treats older women, I'll do it. If I have to bend the rules, I will. If I have to break them, I will.

I would love to be a guest on a talk show or a panel that shows women who have been on reality shows who've had success, to prove to audiences that you don't have to be a fool to become successful.

Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal.

Explore the idea of what the language that women speak would really be like if no one were there to correct them.

All women want to be understood until they understand themselves.

If a country doesn't recognize minority rights and human rights, including women's rights, you will not have the kind of stability and prosperity that is possible.

The list of women to potentially be on a major party ticket, in both parties, is embarrassingly short.

When you empower women and help them thrive, you help their communities thrive. Women shoulder the burden disproportionately.

The common denominator is that we want to make the world a better place, for women and for everybody, and we do it through sport.

At EMILY's List, we're in the business of expanding the political power of women.

A critical issue for women is the possibility to be a mother and the ability to participate fully in the workforce.

It is in Saudi Arabia's best interest to allow women to fully participate in its society, and this includes the right to vote and run for office.