Quotes About Empowerment

We cannot police our way to public safety.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

The genesis of Public Interest Litigation in listening to the voice of the voiceless and giving access to the poor, the marginalised, and the weak is a unique experiment to be lauded.

Who needs the protection of the Bill of Rights most? The weak, the most vulnerable in society.

If I were a Negro, I'd be fighting, as Martin Luther King fought, for human recognition and justice. I'd rather go down with my flag flying. If you're weak or crippled, or you can't speak out or fight back in some way, then people don't hesitate to treat you badly.

I could never identify with that word, 'weak.'

You have a right to say no. Most of us have very weak and flaccid 'no' muscles. We feel guilty for saying no. We get ostracized and challenged for saying no, so we forget it's our choice. Your 'no' muscle has to be built up to get to a place where you can say, 'I don't care if that's what you want. I don't want that. No.'

What we still haven't done is really learned and embraced our history. When we do that, we'll no longer be doubtful and fearful that we are weak and incomplete.

Stand and fight for those who are not weak but have yet to discover the strength that the evil of this world has done its best to conceal.

People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised.

The Vedanta recognizes no sin it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.

I don't like to see people using their power over others, trying to hurt people who are weak or poor or people with darker skin or anyone who doesn't have as much privilege. It makes me so angry. I want to fight for people. I want to be able to make some kind of difference in the world.

I wouldn't poke fun at someone if they were weak. I wouldn't bully somebody.

Smiling makes me feel weak and not in control and not powerful and small.

There's no glory and no respect in making fun of the weak, the powerless.

I don't like being weak in front of my mum or anyone for that matter. I don't like crying.

When I'm weak, you can be strong; when I'm strong, you can be weak. That's what I believe marriage is.

Being strong can be also feminine. I don't think feminine equals being weak. Being strong is very sexy.

It's time Pakistani women are able to stand up and hold their oppressors accountable, no matter how strong or influential they are. Don't be scared. They are strong because we are weak - lets change that.

Rich cultures, patriarchal cultures, value thin women, like ours; poor ones value fat women. But all patriarchal cultures value weak women. So for women to become physically strong is very profound.

People with a mental illness aren't mentally weak. In fact, many of them are incredibly strong. And just like everyone else, they possess the ability to create positive change in their lives.

The struggles waged by nations are weak only when they lack support in the hearts of their women.

Love and compassion don't at all have to make us weak, or lead us to losing discernment and vision. We just have to learn how to find them. And see, in truth, what they bring us.

I am a woman who has my extreme vulnerable side and my baggage - and at times I feel extremely weak.