Quotes About Empowerment

I have fought for independence here, and freedom too. More and more I find they're not at all the same thing.

She was also incredibly confident, with a way of moving and talking that communicated that she didn't need anyone to tell her she was beautiful or worthwhile.

Remember no one made you do anything. It's never anyone but you who does anything, and for that reason alone you shouldn't be sorry.

I would show her I wasn't a bit of cobweb in the corner, something to be wiped or straightened, but a rival worth her notice. I would learn her ways and habits, and track her closely until I knew what she was and how to best her, and what precisely it would take to steal my good life back.

We're all of us afraid of many things, but if you make yourself smaller or let your fear confine you, then you really aren't your own person at all—are you?

I wasn't raised to acknowledge my own feelings, let alone stick up for myself like that. That's movie dialogue, not real life.

The child must be given activities that encourage independence, and he must not be served by others in acts he can learn to perform himself.

Our schools are no closer in connecting the education of children to their development as human beings: each child as an individual with a unique contribution to make to the world. Until this is done, our schools will fail to help children become active learners, connected to their society, and empowered to accomplish things within it.

How are we to help? We need to become aware of all the ways in which we hold the child back from becoming a fully functioning human being: the sink and counter that she cannot reach, the mirror that is too high for her to see herself, the chair that is too big for her to sit comfortably in...the pants that are too tight for her to pull up and down...

And then you snatched me from the ashes and stirred my dreams back to life.

Art is the only place you can do what you like. That's freedom.

The strength to say "No" is required in order to love well.

A man does not go to a woman to get his strength; he goes to her to offer it."7

If I get up every day with the optimism that I have the capacity for growth, then that's success for me.

It's not how you look, it's how you feel in the dark

Some women barter their bodies like whores with wedding bands. Some use sex like a sword. But some women can touch a man and heal like Jesus.

Women typically go through four developmental stages; 1. Gotta get a man. 2. Gotta get a house. 3. Gotta get a kid. 4. Gotta get a life. Stage four is commonly referred to as the change of life, or the clinical term men-on-pause.

If anyone should ask a Negro woman in America what has been her greatest achievement, her honest answer would be, 'I survived!

Don't get mad, get smart

As mulheres querem provar que elas existem e a sua presença é mais importante que todas as crenças e juramentos deste mundo.

My music, my songs are 100 percent inspired by girl power.

Evie always said it didn't matter what happened to you, only what you thought about it, and then what you did about it.

If you believe it," Evie told her once, "everyone else will, too. Sell it to yourself and the world will follow your lead.

Solve a problem that can be solved, don't worry the ones you can't do anything with, girl.