Quotes About Empowerment

Don't let the hours own you.

Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.

I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.

The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.

Women belong in all places where decisions are being made.

Women belong in the house — and the Senate.

I often quoted the lines of Sarah Grimke, one of two wonderful sisters from South Carolina, and they said to legislators in the mid-1900s, I ask no favor for my sex, all I ask of my brethren is that they take their feet from off our necks.

...whereas I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.

History is herstory too.

How good does a female athlete have to be before we just call her an athlete?

My favorite thing about girl power is that over time it turns into woman power.

Sexism is a social disease.

Like the sky opens after a rainy day we must open to ourselves.... Learn to love yourself for who you are and open so the world can see you shine.

None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody — a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns — bent down and helped us pick up our boots.

It's better to fight for something than against something.

Do not fall before you are pushed.

No one but an aviator has a right to look down on others.

The best helping hand you will ever find is at the end of your own arm.

Let go or be dragged.

Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours.

Split your own wood, and it will warm you twice.

You have not been abandoned. You are never alone, except by your own choice.

I had an abortion..(so) I'm here to say, when politicians argue and shout about abortion, they're talking about me – and millions of other women around the country.

The nicest thing about coming of age is that I can do whatever I like.