Quotes About Empowerment

None of my sisters are in the movies, nor are my nieces going to be. That's how Dutt 'sahab,' my dad, brought up the girls in the family, and I am just carrying his thought forward.

When I was a child, my father taught me to put up my fists like a boy and to be prepared to defend myself at all times.

I was always okay with the fact that I was taller and bigger than everybody else growing up. My mom, my dad, and my friends always told me I was beautiful.

And as Dad said to me, 'You can't always stop people from being mean. But you can stop them from making you mean.

I'm not interested in serial dating; I'd honestly rather be single.

Not dating is a choice, not a failure.

I hold death in my pouch, I cannot die.

That which does not kill me can only make me stronger.

Without a rifle you are nothing, worthless, you are waiting for death, any minute, any second.

Plenty poisoned minds of the people are ours. Slaves, from mental death.

Do the uncomfortable. Become comfortable with these acts. Prove to yourself that your limiting beliefs die a quick death if you will simply do what you feel uncomfortable doing.

Let all Black Poets die as trumpets, And be buried in the dust of marching feet.

...but even strong women need an arm to lean on now and then. (Anna Whitney in Glory in Death)

Every Christian community must realize that not only do the weak need the strong, but also that the strong cannot exist without the weak. The elimination of the weak is the death of fellowship.

Peoples of the Americas are rising once again, saying no to imperialism, saying no to fascism, saying no to intervention - and saying no to death.

I would prove to you that being different isn't a death sentence but a call to arms.

I must fight unto the death the unholy attempt to impose British methods and British institutions on India.

We, Jesus' followers, are the agents assigned to carry out God's will on earth. Too easily we expect God to do something for us when instead God wants to do it through us.

Make it so the poor are no longer despised and thrown away. Look at them standing about — like wildflowers, which have nowhere else to grow.

Change came from below, as it usually does, rather than being imposed from above.

A healthy family builds up the weakest members while not tearing down the strong.

the descendants of today's raped and mutilated victims will arise to seek vengeance on the avengers.

For people who have long-term disabilities, one of the best things we can do is to provide tools that allow them to resume "normal" activity.

Over time Christians learned that the faith grows best from the bottom up rather than being imposed from the top down.