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Quotes About Empowerment

I personally know women who are Breast Cancer survivors and will do all I can to support the cause. Besides, I love boobies!
~ Jane Wiedlin
Black people are achievers; we're survivors.
~ Roxie Roker
I think it is selfish for me to try to frame Me Too as something that I own. It is bigger than me and bigger than Alyssa Milano. Neither one of us should be centered in this work. This is about survivors.
~ Tarana Burke
I've been aware of the incredible work that The Survivors Trust do for a while now and have wanted to find a way to launch a working relationship with them, to help raise money to fund all the crucial support they provide for survivors.
~ Emma Corrin
The fantasy I've always had is that somehow I could move back in time. I would like to be there when Susan B. Anthony was dying, or someone like that. I would say to her, 'You won't believe what's going to happen.' And then I would tell her.
~ Gail Collins
Through persistent dedication, Susan B. Anthony, and other remarkable leaders, women were finally granted the right to vote in 1920.
~ Louise Slaughter
Republicans were historically the party ever-expanding freedom to disenfranchised minorities, from newly liberated slaves to giving women the right to vote. Susan B. Anthony was a Republican.
~ Margaret Hoover
Cancer is still a word that strikes fear into people's hearts, producing a deep sense of powerlessness. But today it is possible to find out through a blood test whether you are highly susceptible to breast and ovarian cancer, and then take action.
~ Angelina Jolie
Go out one day and treat yourself. Go out and have the best sushi you can find, or go to the best barista in your city and have just a cup of cappuccino, and tell yourself that you deserve this. I think that is very empowering.
~ Roy Choi
I saw no African people in the printed and illustrated Sunday school lessons. I began to suspect at this early age that someone had distorted the image of my people. My long search for the true history of African people the world over began.
~ John Henrik Clarke
I still read romance, and I read suspense. I read them both. And part of it is, I like stories with strong characters, and I like stories where there's closure at the end. And I like stories where there's hope. That's a kind of empowerment. I think romance novels are very empowering, and I think suspense novels are, too.
~ Lisa Gardner
I think art is a healing force, and if we give in to the joy that can be found in art, then we are able to sustain ourselves in spite of ourselves.
~ Ntozake Shange
Punk may have helped me find my voice and made me realise that I had the right to have one, but it was riot grrrl that helped me sustain that voice and shout a little louder.
~ Kate Nash
Only when manhood is dead - and it will perish when ravaged femininity no longer sustains it - only then will we know what it is to be free.
~ Andrea Dworkin
In Congress, I will fight for an education system that bridges the opportunity gap in order to help close the achievement gap, and prioritize models that sustain and enrich whole people and communities.
~ Deb Haaland
To sustain the Trump Revolution, we must empower Trump's champions to drive positive change across America. And we must defeat 'Never Trump' elements wherever we find them.
~ Matt Gaetz
As a woman, I have an inherent need to be all things to all people, to make certain everybody's taken care of. I know I can't sustain that level all the time, so I'm finding the proper balance and it's made me infinitely happier.
~ Sarah Jessica Parker
Everyone should have enough to be able to eat and sustain their families. I'm not saying everyone should become extravagantly rich but everyone should have sufficient food and good education.
~ Arvind Kejriwal
To me, a leader is someone who holds her- or himself accountable for finding potential in people and processes. And so what I think is really important is sustainability.
~ Brene Brown
When we achieve human rights and human dignity for all people - they will build a peaceful, sustainable, and just world.
~ Antonio Guterres
What attracted me towards microfinance is it's a very sustainable business, which has an impact on people's lives yet it can be very profitable.
~ Ananya Birla
Long-term sustainable change happens if people discover their own power.
~ Pierre Omidyar
Sustainable South Bronx advocates for environmental justice through sustainable environmental and economic development projects.
~ Majora Carter
Real, sustainable community change requires the initiative and engagement of community members.
~ Helene D. Gayle