Quotes About Empowerment

The statue of Freedom has not been cast yet, the furnace is hot, we can all still burn our fingers.

Boys have always known they could do anything; all they had to do was look around at their presidents, religious leaders, professional athletes, at the statues that stand erect in big cities and small. Girls have always known they were allowed to feel anything - except anger.

People like me might be small in stature, but they can also act.

Giving low-level offenders a second chance, no matter the color of their skin or the economic status they hold, can create opportunity for all of us.

For me, and for many other people with disabilities, our status as disabled people is one of which we are fiercely proud.

A multi-polar world can not exist without recognising the status and participation of developing countries.

If Congress does its job in this regard, the residents of Puerto Rico will be empowered to act in their own self-interest and express their future political status aspirations accordingly.

Always protect yourself. Every woman, no matter what her age, romantic or marital status, should have a bank account in her own name.

I am not arguing that women ought to 'settle.' I am arguing that we can now expect more of a mate than we could when we depended on men for our financial security, social status, and sense of accomplishment.

In my professional and personal life, when I meet people who feel broken after a divorce, they can usually be divided into two categories: those who truly believe there's something wrong with them, and those that are using their status as armor.

No woman anywhere should be denied access to quality healthcare because of race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status.

Democrats believe in a New South because no matter your race, immigration status, income, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity, we all have the same aspirations for high-quality education, jobs, neighborhoods, health care, and retirement.

I have asked Centre for scheduled caste status to 13 backward classes including Kewat, Kahar, Kashyap, Mallah, Nishad, Lonia, Kumhar, Dheevar, Bind, Machhiara, Lohia-Chauhan, Nonia and Dhangar.

I'm just divorced and wish to enjoy my single status.

Over the years, Americans have worked hard to expand the values our nation was founded on - justice, freedom, equality - to every person, regardless of race, gender, or socioeconomic status.

No kind of clothes can decide either your marital status or whether you qualify as good wife/homemaker or not.

We can't afford to just nibble around the edges of the status quo. We need to take the actions to secure our neighborhoods, to make sure that everyone has opportunity.

Its hard, its almost natural, not to hate, but to think, 'I'm better than you, so I can't work with you' that's the status quo of how females act. I don't want it to be like that; that's why I like working with other females.

I'm pleased to be a part of a 'new breed' of models who perhaps don't exactly fit the status quo.

As women, we know that we must always find ways to change the process because the present institutions want to hold on to power and keep the status quo.

As an Asian-American actor, I believe it is important to never settle for the status quo. I feel a responsibility to do everything in my power to create positive perceptions of Asian Americans through my work.

This is an important thing: People who live in the mainstream and the status quo think that everyone else is there to serve them.

The only kind of influence I want to be on anyone is by being, constantly and consistently, someone who probes herself at every juncture, improves the way in which she functions as a citizen, and questions the status quo.

Sharing is wonderful, but giving - I give, you take - often maintains the power status quo.