Quotes About Empowerment

Many of us were raised with the 'be a lady' thing, and all those kind of things that can be used against you and strip you out of opportunity and power.

I encourage women to wear color, wear stripes, wear sequins - just wear what makes you feel confident and strong. If it looks good and fits well, you'll look great and feel great, too.

It comes down to this: black people were stripped of our identities when we were brought here, and it's been a quest since then to define who we are.

I remember being obsessed with Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped.' That was her peak, and she is such an amazing singer. Plus, I was a little gay boy, and the music video for 'Beautiful' existed, so obviously I was affected.

I've found childbirth to be so unique in its ability to completely humble you while also completely empowering you. It reduces you to your essence and strips you of every pretense. It reminds you that you are no better than all the women who have come before you, but also no worse.

What I strive for is that everywhere I go, I leave a positive impact.

I believe that every single person was brought into this world for a purpose and that we should never leave the world as we found it, we should always strive to make a positive change.

Nigeria has no business with poverty. With our human and material resources, we shall strive to eradicate poverty from our country.

We should all strive to be extraordinary, and that starts with a focus on our own capabilities instead of those of our opponents.

My kids are the reason I continue to strive for something better. They know - as kids who are Muslim, Somali, black Americans - that they've always been part of a struggle and that change isn't easy.

I strive to destroy fear and judgment that once stifled me.

As members of society, we should always be pushing our girls to strive to be the best and to speak up and out about issues we see.

I consider myself endlessly lucky to have access to the Internet and technology. Through it, I've found myself and have been able to join a new discourse of females, young and old, who strive to change the way we look and treat ourselves.

Always strive to be a better you for you and for other.

I want people to feel inspired. I want people to feel good. I want people to feel something. I want people to strive for what they want in their life, and I want them to heal from anything that's hurting them.

I strive to be positive. I begin every day asking myself what I can do to make this a positive day.

A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.

Ultimately, what we're striving for is people being allowed to do what they want and not feeling they should or shouldn't do certain things.

Striving to make music that empowers people as opposed to making them feel like they're being beaten down every single day is so important.

If you have the feeling of choice, if you feel free, you will be better off. And when I say better off I mean that if people feel they have control over their lives, they call in for fewer sick days from work. They have a lesser probability of having a heart attack or stroke. They live longer. They're happier.

If the Negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand that pushes him into the ghetto, he will never become strong enough to get out of the ghetto.

It's sexy and beautiful to be strong.

The answer to the problem of inequality is for the people who are fortunate enough to either have been gifted or deserved more to do everything they can to make the communities around them as strong as they possibly can.

That a country has a strong civil society is, I believe, particularly necessary for good development.