Quotes About Empowerment

The world loves stupid labels. I wish we got to choose our own.

I had made it somewhere special, and I'd gotten there all on my own. Nobody had given it to me. Nobody had told me to do it. I'd climbed and climbed and climbed, and this was my reward. To watch over the world, and to be alone with myself. That, I found, was what I needed.

if my whole world is going to crash down around me, then i am going to make the sound of the crashing

Freedom isn't just about voting and marrying and kissing on the street, although all of these things are important. Freedom is also about what you will allow yourself to do.

You know, I'd get a tattoo with your name on it. Only, I want you to have the freedom to change your name if you want to.

It's like you're a character in this book that everyone around you is writing, and suddenly you have to say, 'I'm sorry, but this role isn't right for me'. And you have to start writing your own life and doing your own thing.

Don't get trapped into thinking people are halves instead of wholes.

They beat the shit out of me. But you know what? I didn't need that shit inside of me. I'm glad it's gone.

If we actually thought about every decision we made, we'd be paralyzed ... You have to decide which decisions you're actually going to make, and then you have to let the rest of them go.

The idea that two is the ideal, and that one is only good as half of two. You are not a half, and you should never treat someone else like a half.

The key is to never recognize these imbalances. To not let the dauntingness daunt us.

It's up to you, not fate.

It's just nice to see you out from his shadow. Because things don't grow in the shadows, you know? So it was frustrating to see you standing there...and really cool to see you step out of it. I don't know who this new guy is, but make sure when you're with him, you're not standing in his shadow. Stand where everyone can see you.

It's always easy to blame other people for holding you back. But sometimes, the only person holding you back is . . . well . . . you.

Even if you're the victor, you've hurt the other person, and there has to be some loss associated with that.

We all think we are actors, given our scripts. But really? You're the playwright. You're the composer.

You don't need to know how. You just make up your mind and it happens.

No. I don't. You don't always have to be who they want you to be, you know.

The swim of things. I go on an airplane. I walk under the Empire State Building. I take the bus, and the subway, and am surrounded by strangers the whole time. I certainly have room in my life for caution, but I have no room in my life for paralyzing fear. There's always a risk. There always has been. But I'd rather live my life than die of negations.

We vote every time we make a choice. We vote with our lives.

He says, No I want to be strong in a different way. Not because of me But for me

When one of my teammates botches a shot, the coach tells him to stop being a girl. I wish I could tell him that I was a girl two days ago, and two days before that. Nothing is different. A shot is a shot.

Whenever you're in the worst place, there is always a better place. Your abuser will try to hide it from you, but other people can help you get there.

School is not like church. I know a lot of people in my school are happy about this, but I think that's because they've known the wrong kind of churches, the ones that hold back instead of lifting up.