Quotes About Empowerment

Who made you afraid of an open world? An open sky?

We. Everything was we now. We wove our dreams together like armor. Nothing could stop us now.

From the weakest will come strength. From the hunted will come freedom.

Weakness made you a target, and I had promised myself, long ago, I would never be a target again.

We held hands. We crossed a line. We made one another braver.

Sometimes you have to remind yourself that you are not powerless. That you have some measures of control. Maybe that's what makes you brave enough to face another day.

She saw me as someone worth saving, in spite of my rags and past. She inspired me to be more than what others expected of me. I dared to believe I could make a difference because the queen had believed it first.

You [men] are not our protectors.... If you were, who would there be to protect us from?

If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.

You were many wonderful things to many people before you met him--don't let this one event define who you are.

The man who stands in dependence on another is no longer a man at all, he has lost his standing, he is nothing but the possession of another man.

I am not an anti to anything which will bring freedom to my class.

Tener derechos no quiere decir reclamarlos en forma vigorosa y a gritos en todos los casos. Lo que sí significa es que tienes una base de seguridad que te permite tomar buenas decisiones sobre cómo comportarte.

I feel, that i am neither a philosopher, nor a heroine – but a woman, to whom education has given a sexual character.

She never wanted Robbie to feel entitled because he was a boy, and she never wanted Vanessa to feel limited because she was a girl.

Music makes us want to live. You don't know how many times people have told me that they'd been down and depressed and just wanted to die. But then a special song caught their ear and that helped give them renewed strength. That's the power music has.

In the inner city, there's a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for myself and took responsibility for every part of my life. No more pity parties. I've gotta love me more than anybody else loves me.

I do consider myself part of black history.

I remember a time when all my fans were crying and sad and going through hell. Now, we're trying to uplift each other and accept ourselves for who we are, even if nobody else does.

Really, every woman is an example to me, because as women we go through so much pain. We have to live this perfect life when we are messed up inside. We all go through trials and tribulations.

Mary Jo Putney

It is usually better if you don't try to predetermine your response, but rather ask each card, "Do you represent an ability of mine?

But I'm not ready to stop listening to the screwed-up inner voice that's been ordering me around for a lifetime. My head thinks it can kill me... and go on living without me.

Don't never depend on somebody else to take care of you, sugar. Trust in the Lord, and then you just take care of yourself, and things will work out fine.