Quotes About Empowerment

There are so many people around the world in need of high-quality education and really starving for education.

Starving to be skinny isn't my thing. When I don't eat, it affects my mood! On-set, I fuel up with small meals and I'm always grabbing high-protein snacks, like almonds. Chai lattes with espresso also keep me going.

I know I'm in a very appearance-driven industry, but this is who I am, and there's no point starving myself into someone I'm not.

'Sexy' is a state of mind, and it can come in all shapes and sizes. It is different for every person.

Beast Mode On is a state of mind. Beast Mode is about applying yourself and defying the limitations people put on you.

You can see the absence of women in governing bodies from Congress to state legislators, on corporate boards, in tenured positions in academia, and as forepeople in factories.

I have to tell you, my seven-year-old granddaughter said to my daughter, her mother, 'So what's the big deal about Grandma Maddy having been Secretary of State? Only girls are Secretaries of State.' Most of her lifetime, it's true. But at the time it really was a big deal.

Women's minds have been mutilated and muted to such a state that 'Free Spirit' has been branded into them as a brand name for girdles and bras rather than as the name of our verb-ing, be-ing Selves.

Aska is going to create history and show the way to the entire country by sending a member of women SHG to Parliament and four women members to the state assembly.

I made up 'Badlands'; anything I say, goes. I came to realize I was materializing a metaphor for my mental state.

My major obligation or responsibility is to work to integrate gender issues throughout the work of the State Department.

But at the end of the day, I want people to say that I played a major role in restoring people's confidence in the ability of state government to be on their side, to fight for them, and again - I'll say it again - to get things done.

The state government should devote special attention to safeguard their rights. The rights of the Dalits in Vedaranyam, Karur and other parts of Tamil Nadu should be protected by the state government.

Simply stated, girls want role models and mentors.

I'm not immune to a lack of confidence or the recognition that I haven't asked for what I deserve or stated what I want.

The Federal Government is achieving its stated goal of helping more minorities go from being renters to being owners.

When In The Style came to me asking if I wanted to do a collection, I said very clearly what kind of collection I wanted it to be, and the lovely thing was that they were looking to do the same kind of thing. I stated that I didn't want any retouching, and I want the women modelling the clothes to represent all women.

The beard is a statement to say that you can achieve anything, no matter who you are or how you look.

I wear heels, and it's not for a fashion statement - it's ammunition.

Every time I rap about being a big girl in a small world, it's doing a couple things: it's empowering my self-awareness, my body image, and it's also making the statement that we are all bigger than this; we're a part of something bigger than this, and we should live in each moment knowing that.

I want to make a policy statement. I am unabashedly in favor of women.

I love a good statement pant with a great heel and fitted top.

'We, The People' is more than a statement of purpose. It is an acknowledgement of an obligation to each other.

'Glee' is one of the very few mainstream outlets that is giving a voice to communities of people that don't necessarily have a loud voice, specifically the gay community. It gives a really positive and forward statement.