Quotes About Empowerment

After a breakup, it takes a couple weeks for the fog to settle, but it's always a period of self-priority and growth. Life presents you with so many decisions. A lot of times, they're right in front of your face and they're really difficult, but we must make them.

Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside of you that is greater than any obstacle.

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass…It's learning to dance in the rain.

Education is a gift that none can take away.

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.

Every child should have the opportunity to receive a quality education.

I want to make sure every child has the opportunity for quality education.

Education is the key. If you are educated, nothing can defeat you.

One of the most powerful tools for empowering individuals and communities is making certain that any individual who wants to receive a quality education can do so.

Education is the vaccine for violence.

Arts education is a big part of building a 21st century creative mind, and I think that we have let way too many kids lose their way by not drawing in their young minds with music, dance, painting and the other various ways we can express those things we do not have words for.

There are many problems, but I think there is a solution to all these problems; it's just one, and it's education.

If you know how to read, you have a complete education about life, then you know how to vote within a democracy. But if you don't know how to read, you don't know how to decide. That's the great thing about our country – we're a democracy of readers, and we should keep it that way.

There are thousands of inspirational stories waiting to be told about young women who yearn for a great education. They are stories of struggle and stories of success, and they will inspire others to take action and work to change lives.

We look for people who demonstrate perseverance in the face of challenges, the ability to influence and motivate others – people who want to work relentlessly to ensure that kids who are facing the challenges of poverty have an excellent education.

I'm not trying to win an award for being the best vegetarian, just want to be healthy. Take a salt bath. Do things that my parents were never able to do. I'm blessed to do anything I want, so I decide to take the best care of my body and my family in the same way. Holistically. Vitally.

A "daddys little girl" is the one who would rather get her hands covered in engine oil with dad, than stay in the house and bake buns with her mother!

For me, it's not necessarily interesting to play a strong, fearless woman. It's interesting to play a woman who is terrified and then overcomes that fear. It's about the journey. Courage is not the absence of fear, it's overcoming it.

"Friday's a free day. A woman's day."

"Women's friendships are like a renewable source of power."

"Give a girl the correct footwear and she can conquer the world."

So many times, people told me I can't do this or can't do that. My nature is that I don't listen very well. I'm very determined, and I believe in myself. My parents brought me up that way. Thank God for that. I don't let anything stand in my way.

Happiness is a choice and a skill and you can dedicate yourself to learning that skill and making that choice.

Once you learn how to create your own happiness, no one can take it from you.