Quotes About Empowerment

I saw as a teacher how, if you take that spark of learning that those children have, and you ignite it, you can take a child from any background to a lifetime of creativity and accomplishment.

Education and democracy have the same goal: The fullest possible development of human capabilities

I'm happily single.

When my father would yell at me, I told myself someday I'd use it in a book.

I feel like a little kid in a toy shop. All those books. I've always wanted to be a writer, but before I met Ms. Finney, Barbara, I was afraid to tell anyone. I think it's some kind of miracle that all we have to work with is the twenty-six letters of the alphabet. And they turn into words, sentences, paragraphs, chapters, books, conversations, plays. It's just incredible to me.

It was my mother who gave me my voice. She did this, I know now, by clearing a space where my words could fall, grow, then find their way to others.

Danny had figured out a long time ago that he'd get further in life if he didn't spend time worrying about being embarrassed about stuff. This night

We prize "freedom to" so much more than "freedom from.

Wells-Barnett's experience with the ways that lynching victims were criminalized, and her progressive belief in the ability of persons to change for the better, gave her another perspective.

Not everyone out in a storm wants to be saved

My life was my life; I would have to stare it down, somehow, and make it work for me.

Proper learning isn't just useful in society, Beryl. It can be wonderfully yours, a thing to have and keep just for you.

I didn't want to be a sweet boy's sweet girlfriend. I wanted to be Fawn's equal, the kind of girl who stood up for herself and took care of business, who cut guys loose when it was required.

How some victims don't have even a whisper of no inside them. Because they don't believe the life they have is theirs to save.

I wasn't raised to acknowledge my own feelings, let alone stick up for myself like that.

The world needs an army of Wandas—strong, sarcastic, unafraid women who say what they think and act straightforwardly, without apology or permission. Women who roar instead of flinch.

Maybe that's the secret to surviving all sorts of trouble, knowing who you are apart from it, I mean.

They'd scared me and had me thinking about what it meant to be really strong, on my own terms—not just fit and brown from the sun, not just flexible and accommodating.

Don't be difficult, Denys," Nell chided. "All women like a little flattery from time to time." "What if they didn't? What if they simply liked themselves and no one needed to bend backwards to flatter them? Wouldn't it all be simpler then?

All women like a little flattery from time to time." "What if they didn't? What if they simply liked themselves and no one needed to bend backwards to flatter them? Wouldn't it all be simpler then?" "We're only talking about compliments, Denys," Berkeley said. "Don't be so dramatic.

what I'd really like to know is how it feels to be on my own. Not someone's daughter or wife, I mean…but my own person." "Oh." It seemed I'd surprised him. "There isn't a lot of that kind of thinking around here." "Of course there is," I told him, trying to draw a smile. "It's just usually a man who's doing it.

He shook his head. "I see you trying to be tough skinned, but that makes sense. As a woman you'll have to work twice as hard for everything. I'm not sure I could do it." He lit a cigarette and drew on it, the end flaring red in the dark. When he released the held smoke, he looked at me. "I think you're rather brave, actually." Was

Wanda and I lock eyes, laughing. "What's so funny?" Will wants to know. "Your face," Wanda says with a wink, and just like that I love her. The world needs an army of Wandas—strong, sarcastic, unafraid women who say what they think and act straightforwardly, without apology or permission. Women who roar instead of flinch. "Hilarious," Will says flatly. "Just bring me a drink, will you?

I wasn't sure how I could say no." "No is the easiest word there is. Children learn to talk by saying no.