Quotes About Empowerment

No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.

A strong man doesn't have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn't match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world.

Always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, Sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.

all girls are beautiful in their own way

Fear is stupid, so are regrets.

Never let anyone dull your sparkle

Always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie

Le persone dolci non sono ingenue né stupide, né tanto meno indifese. Anzi, sono così forti da potersi permettere di non indossare nessuna maschera. Libere di essere vulnerabili, di provare emozioni, di correre il rischio di essere felici

To all the girls that think you're ugly because you're not a size 0, you're the beautiful one. It's society who's ugly.

I don't mind it being a world of men as long as I was a woman in it.

Strong women don't have 'attitudes', we have standards.

Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.

I've been asked, 'Do you mind living in a man's world?' I always answer, 'Not as long as I can be a woman in it'.

When I read the words, "a woman has the power to…change her experience," I knew overcoming my fear that my father would come into my room, even after he was dead, would be one of my biggest challenges. Because he had come in so many hundreds of times, I had been indelibly conditioned. I guess that's why I call it the "work" of healing. It is grueling, nose-to-the-grindstone-work to change long held beliefs and accompanying emotions…but it can be done.

Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.

Men won't easily give up a system in which half the world's population works for next to nothing...[and recognizes that]precisely because that half works for so little, it may have no energy left to fight for anything else.

Our history suggests that women will continue to show the world how to be friends.

Maybe if I just stop wanting so much, they can't hurt me.

she doesn't walk behind Abba as in the old days, but gently leads him along while he gets his strength back.

Let them peck like old chickens," Abba laughed. "We know who we are.

I hear Mrs. Roble say, "You know, I've seen this happen before with the Muslim kids. I push those girls—they're so bright. Then one day they come in with a head scarf, and they say their marriage has been arranged and they're not going to college after all.

I can take care of myself. I've got plenty of potions. If he comes back again, I'll turn him into a frog and feed him to a duck.

Toda persona que se sienta incompetente para aprender se sentirá superada por eso que tiene que aprender. Si el profesor no le transmite la fe que tiene en sus posibilidades ni su apoyo, ese alumno se irá bloqueando cada vez más. En esos momentos, lo que el profesor ha de lograr es que el alumno tenga la sensación de que controla algo. La sensación de que no se controla nada genera una profunda y dolorosa sensación de impotencia.

Esto me recuerda a las palabras de Eleanor Roosevelt que decía que nadie podía hacerte sentirte inferior sin tu consentimiento.