Quotes About Empowerment

Women can do everything men can do the rest.

Of my two 'handicaps' being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black.

The economic dependence of women is perhaps the greatest injustice that has been done to us and has worked the greatest injury to the race.

The more underdeveloped the country the more overdeveloped the women.

One is not born a woman - one becomes one.

The woman who thinks she is intelligent demands equal rights with men. A woman who is intelligent does not.

A woman past forty should make up her mind to be young - not her face.

As a woman to be competitive is to be passive.

Woman's place is in the wrong.

I dress for women - and I undress for men.

When Eleanor Roosevelt was asked if she had any regrets about her life she replied "Just one. I wish I had been prettier."

Earth's noblest thing a Woman perfected.

I hope the fathers and mothers of little girls will look at them and say 'yes, women can.'

I love the idea of being part of a campaign that captures the spirit of New York and the stories of women here, passionate about their dreams.

There are hundreds of stories I've heard from black women from my generation, generations before me, and the next, that have never been given an opportunity to fulfill their dreams.

One of my dreams was to change the way women of color were seen on television.

I go out and speak to women's groups all the time, and I say, 'Guys, you gotta laugh and find the humor in things. You gotta pass it on.'

Remember what Susan B. Anthony said? 'Failure is impossible.' Failure is possible if women don't vote.

This was something I always dreamed and wanted to be part of, when women's wrestling was freakin' cool, and now it is.

I just like short hair on women I think it's cool.

Equality for men and women, across the world, not only in sports, is the goal. We obviously have a long way to go, but every little bit helps.

I think women athletes who have been successful need to help other sports, those sports that are just emerging. That's what I've been thinking about and looking forward to.

Tennis is definitely a star for women in sports.

The growth of women's soccer and women's sports all around the world has been slow.