Quotes About Empowerment

Movements such as #MeToo and #TimesUp are ample proof that perpetrators get away because it is hard for victims to speak up. Power dynamics and lack of support from colleagues and acquaintances does not help matters.

I'd rather be a victor than a victim.

Victor Papenack, who was teaching design, had his students making radios for a penny each that could be shipped to Third World people.

I don't want to be a victim. I want to be a victor.

I love Victoria Secret!

I'd rather kill myself than dress like Victoria Beckham in towering heels day after day.

Victoria Arlen has given me a purpose beyond the dance floor. She has given me an opportunity of a lifetime to be able to make an impact on a very special community and beyond.

I have nothing against the Victoria's Secret Angels. They're all beautiful people, and I respect where they are at.

I think sometimes girls look at Victoria's Secret models and think that they have to model themselves after that, but I really don't think that's the best; even though they are called 'models,' they're not the best people to model yourself after.

I wouldn't ever pose naked... I'm fine to do bikinis and certainly lingerie if I feel it's done tastefully... cute like Victoria's Secret, but nothing like raunchy or overly sexual.

I train a lot of celebrities, including a lot of women who work for Victoria's Secret as Angels.

When I first started working with Victoria's Secret, I wanted to get stronger. That was something I wanted to build on and really be as strong and powerful as I could be. Working with Victoria's Secret, I started really thinking about my body and my muscles.

If I looked like a Victoria's Secret model, I would still get nasty comments.

You don't see Victoria's Secret women running around with even short hair. That's too crazy for them.

Victoria's Secret should highlight real women that actually purchase their clothing. I would love for them to start featuring more real bodies and diverse women. Victoria's Secret has the ability to tell people, 'It's okay,' when they wake up in the morning. They have the ability to change lives.

I think if they did go ahead and include a plus-sized angel, I think it would be such a huge statement from Victoria's Secret especially cause for so long, as a curvy woman, I haven't been able to shop there, able to fit in a lot of their stuff.

It would be pretty amazing for Victoria's Secret to be that huge corporation that embraces trans women. We shop there as well.

Victoria's Secret is entitled to brand themselves the way they want to.

I may not be a size eight Victoria's Secret model, but I can squat my own bodyweight, I can run a mile in a great time, I can go on a Stairmaster for 45 minutes without killing myself.

My besties do Victoria's Secret. I just don't do it.

Some people say there's a reason that Victoria's Secret wouldn't put me or any woman who doesn't fit within a certain spectrum on the runway.

Of course I would be honored to be the first plus-size Victoria's Secret model.

The study of history empowers nations and individuals with an ability to avoid errors of the past and lay foundations for victories in the future.

I was brought up with a very strong sense of what can happen if your society starts to chip away at the small victories women have won for themselves.