Quotes About Empowerment

'Kimmy' first and foremost is a show about a woman overcoming the odds. I think that they write the show in a way that you're not beaten over the head with it, but showing and not telling. I think that's really powerful.

A lot of people think that if something doesn't happen right away with women or with a particular minority, they are overlooked and they're not important and that is so much not the case.

I'm not overly focused on being loved by everybody.

We're not going to change overnight that we have a majority of all white male leaders.

To me, leadership is helping people do their best. If you define leadership that way, I don't think it's overrated.

If I'm going to get overshadowed in a film, it's because of something that I haven't done, not because of what the other heroine has done or because I've focused on the amount of scenes she had in the film.

I have always done justice to my role and I don't worry about being overshadowed.

You can't let every bad thing that happens to you in your life overtake you.

When I see someone deride things that women and girls find pleasure in, all I see is someone fearful that women will overtake the culture they've had dominion over for so long.

For someone to say I am overweight is completely ridiculous.

I like being small - I've known so many women with big boobs who feel overweight or end up with back problems.

I'm the reason why I'm overweight. No one made me do it. I did it.

I've always been an overweight girl, and I've never had an issue with that. I'm very comfortable with my body.

I lost weight to be healthy, not for any other reason. I never felt bad about being overweight, but I did start to feel tired and out of breath and I knew I needed to do something.

When I came to Mumbai seven years back, I used to hate the fact that I am overweight.

I didn't want to get back into the whole industry. I left overworked, overwhelmed, and not having any control over my life. I was bulimic and needed to heal.

It's just kind of empowering when you become a mother. You just get overwhelmed with this new confidence and you feel really in control of your life. It's been beautiful.

When I was a kid and going to the movies I was overwhelmed by the way women were always second-class citizens in the film.

I was so overwhelmed by the amazing response I had from thousands of women saying they felt beautiful in my first collection, I wanted to design more clothes they could love themselves in.

I never really feel overwhelmed; I feel energized by what goes on in our day.

I don't feel like I'm overwhelmed from meeting people and telling my story over and over again.

If you've got decent people under you, there is probably nothing you can do to improve their chances of success more dramatically than to get yourself out of their hair occasionally.

When communication happens only over the hierarchy lines, that's a priori evidence that the managers are trying to hold on to all control. This is not only inefficient but an insult to the people underneath.

Process standardization from on high is disempowerment. It is a direct result of fearful management, allergic to failure.