Quotes About Empowerment

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me,

To stay young, To save the world, Break the mirror.

She pulled herself through the narrow window into the darkness, midwife to her own rebirth.

We are not asking for superiority for we have always had that; all we ask is equality.

I married beneath me. All women do.

Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for women.

It is no use blaming the men – we made them what they are – and now it is up to us to try and make ourselves – the makers of men – a little more responsible.

For students of every ability and background, it is the simply miraculous act of reading a good book that turns them into readers. The job of adults who care about reading is to move heaven and earth to put that book into a child's hands.

A women needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle

It is a hard thing to let your children near danger, and yet, I remember my Papa teaching me to fire a rifle before I could even hold it with my own strength. And if he hadn't trusted me to be careful, I would have never had faith in myself to do it.

A nice girl should never go anywhere without a loaded gun and a big knife." ~ Sarah Agnes Prine

Who said "ladies" don't use words like "fuck" and "cunt," or that one doesn't use them around "ladies"? Maybe not when you're having lunch with a lady, but when a lady's fucking, she's not having lunch.

Es terrible que estuviéramos tan asustadas de que nos vieran con libros que tenemos todo el derecho a leer

It's terrible, … for us to have been so scared to be seen with books we have every right to read.

Más tarde, ella me dijo que no le importaba lo que pensara nadie, excepto yo.

Don't punish yourselves for people's ignorant reactions to what we all are. Don't let ignorance win. Let love.

Ugh! Young girls, they should laugh. Life's bad enough when you're grown, you might as well laugh when you're young.

He would say, 'I have a strong wife, you know, people don't realize how strong Ruth is.

Let's make this a slow ride, shall we?" The deep purr of her voice brought a sassy grin to his face. The long slant of his eyes grew languid. "You have the reins, cher. You can whip me with them if you like.

The pill" was first approved for prescription use in the United States in June 1960. By 1967, an estimated five million American women were taking the pills every month.4

Women are born actresses. They know all about adaptation; it's part of their identity as women.

At twenty, with a modicum of discipline and luck, you can invent your own appearance. You're smooth and svelte, silky and shimmery, you make original choices in clothing and hairstyles... 'I'm my own woman now,' you think; 'I don't owe anything to anyone!

Unlike others before him, Oglethorpe felt the disadvantaged could be reclaimed if they were given a fair chance.

More than any other colonial founder, Oglethorpe made himself one of the people, promoting collective effort.