Quotes About Empowerment

We are all affected by our pasts, but it is within our power not to let what we have done dictate what we will do.

Believe in yourself, Zoey Redbird. I have Marked you as my own. You will be my first true U-we-tsi a-ge-hu-tsa v-hna-i Sv-no-yi . . . Daughter of Night . . . in this age. You are special. Accept that about yourself, and you will begin to understand there is true power in your uniqueness. Within you is combined the magic blood of ancient Wise Women and Elders, as well as insight into and understanding of the modern world. The

you are powerful—your choices matter—you matter.

I'm a monster, not a moron.

Choose battles that you can win without losing your heart and your soul.

The one silver lining of our sad political reality in 2018 is that we're learning to rely less on the powers that be and more on ourselves to make change.

Mother always used to say, 'If you want to succeed in life, please the women. They are the real bosses. The men don't count.

I wish people wouldn't tell me I can't do things.

He who has nothing—it has been said many times—has nothing to lose but his chains.

I was born anew, owner of my own darkness.

We artists are indestructible; even in a prison, or in a concentration camp, I would be almighty in my own world of art, even if I had to paint my pictures with my wet tongue on the dusty floor of my cell.

The main thing is: Don't take any shit. That's the main thing. The unmain thing is: You are not going to figure anything out except how to get other people to take shit, so forget about everything except not taking any yourself.

went from hoping things would work out to seeing that they were working out. I am actually doing this, I thought. Maybe I'm not just flying by the seat of my pants. I didn't want to be passive anymore, personally or professionally. In that moment, I came into being as my real and present professional self.

She had so little control over her own life. Yet she took control, out of thin air for herself, when she could. I

Emancipate yourself from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds.

Once we begin to look for what's right, our lives begin spinning in unimaginably exciting new directions.

Today, I see and create a radically new vision, one where everyone wins, everyone gets a seat at the table.

You will not break loose until you realize that you yourself forge the chains that bind you." —ARTEN IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE UNIVERSE, BY GARY RENARD In

Choosing to be happy and saying thank you to whatever circumstances befall you is one of the most radical things you could ever do.

I am who I am, which is a combination of all I know, and I've always believed that striving to be a sensual person, or being sexy, should not conflict with intelligence. Women have fought hard so that we do not need to limit ourselves.

Women are really not respected to this day. That's why we need humor, style, stamina, art.

You can think your way out of living. This is when I learned To flip the script— When you change your thoughts, you change your life.

This is when I learned the art of leaving. I knew if I didn't get away, I'd be no help to anyone. Freeing yourself is mandatory before you can help to free others.

Oh yeah, that's what you want to be," she muttered as she slammed the drawer shut and fumbled for the one next to it, "the kind of woman men sleep with out of pity.