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Quotes About Empowerment

Einen perfekt austarierten Bogen hatte Odysseus sie genannt. Einen Fixstern. Eine Frau, die sich selbst genau kennt.
~ Madeline Miller
Si dice che le donne siano creature delicate, come fiori, come uova, come qulsiasi cosa che possa essere schiacciata in un momento di negligenza. Se mai ci avevo creduto, non era più così.
~ Madeline Miller
My tongue ran away from me, giddy with freedom. This and this and this, I said to him. I did not have to fear that I spoke too much. I did not have to worry that I was too slender or too slow. This and this and this!
~ Madeline Miller
Humillar a las mujeres parece ser el pasatiempo predilecto de los poetas
~ Madeline Miller
You are weak and blind, and it is worse because you choose it.
~ Madeline Miller
But he could tell your father. He might be angry." I said it almost desperately. Soon my skin would grow too warm, and I would no longer be able to think. "So what if he is?" The first time he had said something like this, I had been shocked. That his father might be angry and Achilles would still do as he wished—it was something I did not understand, could barely imagine. It was like a drug to hear him say it. I never tired of it.
~ Madeline Miller
To release him from it and make him Achilles again.
~ Madeline Miller
Tu n'es pas défini par tes origines. Ne le laisse pas t'entraîner dans sa chute.
~ Madeline Miller
i have no need to forgive you. you cannot offend me
~ Madeline Miller
Il peggio della mia codardia era stato smaltito, lasciando il posto a una frastornante esaltazione. Non me ne starò come un uccello in gabbia, pensai, troppo stordito per volare via anche con la porta aperta. Entrai in quel bosco e la mia vita ebbe inizio.
~ Madeline Miller
But that was only a shape I had been poured into. I did not have to keep it
~ Madeline Miller
I did not have to fear that I spoke too much. I did not have to worry that I was too slender or too slow.
~ Madeline Miller
What do you think the best way to conquer fear it? To face it head on and know in your heart that you are strong enough to overcome it... before it gets to you. There is no better way.
~ Unknown
Losing my virginity was a career move.
~ Madonna
Poor is the man whose pleasure depends on the permission of another.
~ Madonna
Don't just stand there let's get to it. Strike a pose, there's nothing to it.
~ Madonna
I'm Tough, I'm Ambitious, and I Know exactly what I Want. If that makes me a B.I.T.C.H., okay.
~ Madonna
Poor is the man, whose pleasures depend on the permission of another
~ Madonna
At least my cage is filled with light.
~ Madonna
I get strength from my art - all the paintings I own are powerful.
~ Madonna Ciccone
Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.
~ Madonna Ciccone
One must dare to show what he wants. You have to go and ask for things rather than wait for them to happen.
~ Unknown
I'm not a feminist, I'm a humanist.
~ Unknown
Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
~ Mae Jemison