Quotes About Empowerment

Women systematically underestimate their own abilities.

Women now wield considerable power along political lines and I believe each succeeding year for some time to come will find them wielding that power more effectively.

I have personally been affected by women's reproductive health issues, and I will continue to support that cause and spread awareness about it.

Women should have the same rights and respect and paychecks and everything, you know, they're human beings.

I was assigned a Taliban "minder" who followed me everywhere. But he couldn't follow me into homes where there were women, so I took photos inside people's homes.

Every single pore - not on the men, but on the women - is scrutinized, so I am really grateful that I feel very confident in my own skin.

I like aggressive and sexually liberated women. It's hot to me.

There is one universal truth: All women, all over the world, want to look beautiful. That is always the theme of my designs.

Educated people can make their own choices about their governments. And certainly for women, an education allows you to understand your rights.

We (women) take it for granted that we can do what we want. Not so very long ago, that was not the case.

In Afghanistan I was doing street art because it was more open, but when I had a show, only men would come. I said, I'm an artist not only for men, but for women too. So that's why I like graffiti.

Give us a world where half our homes are run by men and half our institutions are run by women. I'm pretty sure that would be a better world.

This is what I want for entrepreneurs, especially for women: to believe in themselves, to dream bigger, reach higher, and to achieve success beyond their wildest expectations.

More women are graduating from college now than men.

Don't buy into the idea that women aren't strong enough to do anything they want on their own.

Some women think that if the look this season is minis, they have to wear minis. If you don't have great legs, there are plenty of alternatives.

I think women go crazy for a reason. It's not like it just happens.

I am in a charity out there to stop violence against women.

Violence against women and girls is one of the most systematic and widespread human rights violations.

A woman needn't be dragged down by her functions.

Why must women stay quietly? Why must we be little moons, each of us stuck in our little orbit, revolving around a planet that is some man? Why can't we be other planets? Why must we be moons?

President Obama understands women. He trusts women. And on every issue that matters to us, he stands with women.

Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.

Women writers lift themselves up from the depths; as they rise, each brings with her what she is able to carry.