Quotes About Empowerment

The way I look at my job, I spend a lot of time trying to create the conditions for good design to happen and I don't get an opportunity to do a lot of hands on work.

Recently some work I made could be seen as feminist art or work that relates to the body. That's just what I'm feeling - like it needs to be done.

Rachel, you summon demons. You're good at it. Get over it, then find a way to make it work for you. It's not going to go away.

It's important to work out & be the best version of yourself that you can be but never feel like you have to be the skinniest girl in the room to be the prettiest.

Women inevitably have to work a little bit harder to be heard. Hollywood is disgustingly sexist. It's crazy.

In my work and what I do, I am Queen of the Universe every day!

We live under the illusion that organizations are 'them' when, in reality, they are 'us.' If we wish to work in evolved organizations, we must each be the first to start the journey.

The wise leader settles for good work and then lets others have the floor.

The proper education of poor children [is] the ground-work of almost every other kind of charity.... Without this foundation firstlaid, how much kindnessis unavoidably cast away?

I've always been such a fan of Habitat for Humanity and the work that they do.

I haven't ever really relied on relationships with guys. They come around and it's cool, but it's never been a big thing. I guess I've just been really distracted by work.

I never wear makeup when I'm not at work. It can make you forget what you look like, and I've grown to really love the way I look without it.

Don't engage with people who are bullying. And as difficult as it might seem, it's not personal, it has to do more with them. But it's something THEY have to work on.

9 to 5 made people aware of equal pay for equal work. It hasn't really happened, but it has come closer.

I believe we should be championing the work of women. I believe we should be championing the work of people who have been marginalized. That's who I am. How can I not believe in that?

I think, as a woman, you do sort of have to work twice as hard, but I don't feel as if I wasn't given opportunities.

I'll never violate my oath to the Honorable Elijah Muhammad to work night and day for the rise of my people. I've been at this for darn near 60 years; I'm too old now to do something different.

Your words are so powerful and precious. Learn to harness them, guide them and let them work for you.

To help break the cycle of domestic violence, we must allow survivors to take time off from work without fear of losing their job, to go to court, to see a doctor or to find a safe place to live.

I'm interested in generating work for myself. I have trouble with this waiting-for-the-phone-to-ring lifestyle, especially after drama school, which was so creatively fulfilling.

Women have to work exceptionally hard.

We have to change this idea that women are only supposed to work in the house... Women should go out and be what they want

If I should die, and you should choose to carry on my work, you are welcome to visit my grave. Pour some water on it and shout three times. I want to hear your voice.

Political correctness sometimes does great work when it helps equalize the playing field when it comes to language, but it does a great disservice when it tries to silence a person of color.