Quotes About Empowerment

How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a spectre through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by the spectral throat? —Joseph Conrad         We

When you teach your daughter, explicitly or by passive rejection, that she must ignore her outrage, that she must be kind and accepting to the point of not defending herself or other people, that she must not rock the boat for any reason, you are not strengthening her prosocial sense;you are damaging it--and the first person she will stop protecting is herself.

I don't know what I want. I said that at some point, I think. But it isn't that, it's that I don't want anyone to tell me what I want, or to make decisions for me.

I am going to have to stop scaring the shit out of myself.

Self-determination was a pain in the ass sometimes but it beat the alternative by a lot.

I didn't want to see helpless humans. I'd rather see smart ones rescuing each other.

In the creche, our moms always said that fear was an artificial condition. It's imposed from the outside. So it's possible to fight it. You should do the things you're afraid of.

The Cordans believed the women needed men to provide for them; Moon had no idea why. He knew that Selis in particular was perfectly capable of chasing down any number of grasseaters and beating them to death with a club, so he didn't see why she couldn't hunt for herself.

Why, thank you for your permission, Tremaine." Tremaine made a derisive noise, unimpressed. "Somebody's got to give you permission, if you won't give it to yourself.

If you raise a daughter to be both independent and an excellent marksman, you have to accept the fact that your control over her actions is at an end.

our moms always said that fear was an artificial condition. It's imposed from the outside. So it's possible to fight it. You should do the things you're afraid of.

If people won't be shooting at me what will I be doing?" Maybe I could be her bodyguard. "I think you can learn to do anything you want." She smiled. "We'll talk about that when we get you home.

I was getting tired of being told what to do. Self-determination was a pain in the ass sometimes but it beat the alternative by a lot.

I don't know what I want. I said that at some point, I think. But it isn't that, it's that I don't want anyone to tell me what I want, or to make decisions for me.

being in control of the situation was really important because otherwise it was in control of me

Just remember you're not alone here." I never know what to say to that. I am actually alone in my head and that's where 90 plus percent of my problems are.

Ugh, self-determination sucks sometimes.

You have the right to be less than perfect.

Young women are restrained by so many tethers, it is not surprising that occasionally they get themselves tangled.

Stay in harmony. Revel in solitude. Be grateful. Be you. Remember, let your light shine.

Aller Widersinn, mit dem die Welt dich kränkt, tritt dich an, damit du den Sinn in ihm entdeckst, und aller Widerspruch, der in dir selbst dich peinigt, wartet auf deinen Spruch, ihn zu bannen.

The most beautiful women in the world were African.

Just the hill and me. Just the challenge and me. Just my fears an me. Bring it on.

To her, it was an article of faith: any woman with talent owes it to herself, and to her gender, to make the most of her potential.