Quotes About Empowerment

the main point of parental authority is to authorize children to do things, not to block them.

Maybe we should freak him out and start following him for a change. That would force him to either do his own thinking or give up.

You are not anyone's opinion of you. You are whoever you choose to be.

Everything inside her rebelled at the coercion. But he was giving her a choice, and he didn't have to.

by setting out purposefully to raise a reader—you're helping her become someone who controls her own destiny.

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ..... a set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, and a black lace bra...

So, as women, we've got to be pretty damn amazing to realize early on that physical perfection is neither achievable nor useful, and that all that fixing can be toxic.

Making peace with my past was the first step; being grateful for it was the second. Now, at last, I can appreciate the woman those experiences created: me.

One of the best pieces of advice I've ever received was from my grandmother, who said, "A woman always has to keep something of her own, even if it's a jar of quarters." The other was from my agent, another wise woman, who told me twenty years ago: "You don't have to tell everything you know.

The world can't decide what's beautiful. So you decide, okay?

I think a very key thing for women is to refuse to let anyone tell you you're banned, you're out of fashion, you don't look the right way. Put your energy into a career that will be there for you regardless of the naysayers.

I'm really sorry." "There's no sorry in roller derby. Now shut up and keep being my hero.

freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.

Alterius non sit qui suus esse potest. (Let no man belong to another that can belong to himself.)

Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them.

I'm not the same person I was. I used to act dumb. It was an act. I am 26 years old, and that act is no longer cute. It is not who I am, nor do I want to be that person for the young girls who looked up to me. I know now that I can make a difference, that I have the power to do that.

Here's what I believe: Your reality is totally up for grabs; if you don't create your own life, someone else will create something based on their own agenda and project that on you. Don't let them do it, my loves. Don't let them tell you that their something is bigger than your everything.

MUSIC CUE: Ultra Naté, "Free

Know your worth, girls. You're not lucky to be at the party, the party is lucky to have you. Apply as needed to relationships, jobs, and family.

The people who hurt you don't get the last word. You get to tell the story of you, and your story has more power than you can imagine.

There are so many young women who need to hear this story. I don't want them to learn from my mistakes; I want them to stop hating themselves for mistakes of their own. I want them to laugh and see that they do have a voice and their own brand of intelligence and, girl, fuck fitting in.

Girls like me assumed we'd be judged and belittled, we expected girls to be sexualised and then condemned for their sexuality, punished for both silence and speaking out, told we should accept responsibility for our choices and then called crazy or stupid or slutty if we didn't live by the rules other people chose for us.

The rise of selfie culture isn't about vanity; it's about women taking back control of our images—and our self-images. I don't think that's a bad thing.

Girl-shaming as a sport and industry needs to be over.